Former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad criticised Rahul Gandhi over Congress’s repeated electoral losses, alleging lack of internal democracy and centralised decision-making. He also claimed Rahul Gandhi is uncomfortable working with senior leaders and that dissent within the party is suppressed

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey alleged that someone was “deliberately trying to keep an eye” on the Thackeray household, adding, “If we had not objected, who knows how long this would have continued? This kind of surveillance is not right”