In an editorial published in its party mouthpiece Saamana, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party cited the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) observations on the Ladki Bahin Yojana to allege financial irregularities and misuse of public funds

According to the report, the Women and Child Development Department exceeded its authorised budget while implementing the scheme and failed to provide a specific justification for the additional expenditure