After a massive crowd gathered for the inauguration of the National Congress Party's (NCP) office in Pune amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Pravin Darekar, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Maharashtra Legislative Council on Saturday demanded action against NCP leaders for flouting Covid-19 protocol. While speaking to ANI, the BJP leader said that Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who was also present on the occasion, had 'no moral right' to urge people to follow Covid-19 guidelines.

He also pointed out that in the past, FIRs had been filed against leaders of other parties for flouting Covid norms. "If 8,000-10,000 people gather in an event then Ajit Pawar has no moral right to urge people to follow Covid guidelines. They had filed FIR against other party leaders for flouting Covid-19 norms. Action should be taken against them," Darekar said. Maharashtra is now seeing a decline in the number of coronavirus cases as the second Covid-19 wave has ravaged the country's medical infrastructure in the last two months. The state was one of the worst affected in the country.