The incident comes days after Patil switched from the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Patil lost his temper while responding to questions from journalists regarding his recent political move and his differences with the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction

Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said the BJP had “no right” to speak on the issue unless it first distanced itself from certain ideological texts