Gadchiroli: On Monday, the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Maharashtra came down heavily on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, saying he is "playing politics" over the recent Naxal attack in Gadchiroli district of the state. Sharad Pawar, in a speech, had said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visited Gadchiroli only to offer homage to policemen who died in the attack.

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He also cited his former colleague and former Home Minister late R R Patil's special attention towards the Naxal-affected areas in the state. In a series of tweets in Marathi, the state BJP said "When leaders like you play politics over the naxal attack, we also feel like asking you whether you are ashamed of it or not. But we would not ask such questions.

"If Pawar thinks that because of his so-called visit to drought-hit areas awakened the state, then why would state farmers' received Rs 4,000 crore in their bank accounts for? Water tankers were deployed and fodder camps set up (in drought-hit areas)."

The Bhartiya Janta Party said some issues should be above politics. "Some questions are to be dealt beyond politics. Solutions have to be sought to keep politics aside," it said.

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