In a veiled reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, Union minister Raosaheb Danve has said they have "Gujarat's washing powder" which first cleans the Congress and NCP leaders before they are inducted into the BJP.
He also dubbed as "funeral procession" the NCP's 'Shivswarajya Yatra', the Sharad Pawar-led party's mass contact programme to counter Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' 'Mahajanadesh Yatra' ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls.
"We have Gujarat's washing powder which first cleans leaders of the Congress and NCP and then the BJP inducts them," Danve said in an indirect reference to the leadership qualities of Modi and Union Home Minister Shah.
Notably, both Modi and Shah hail from Gujarat.
Danve was addressing a rally on Wednesday evening in Jalna district where Fadnavis was also present on the stage.
Hitting out at the NCP's pre-poll yatra, Danve said, "(On one hand) there is Chief Minister Fadnavis' Mahajanadesh Yatra where people are flocking in large numbers. On the other hand, the NCP's rally is, in fact, a funeral procession."