NCP MLA from Thane, Jitendra Awhad, has invited Leone at the dahi handi celebrations tomorrow.
"NCP has nothing to do with the invitation. It is not a function organised by the party but by the legislator in his personal capacity," state NCP spokesperson Madan Bafna said.
Bafna was responding to a question about the contradictory stands of two of its legislators. While Awhad has invited her to the festival, party MLC, Vidya Chavan, had sought removal of `Jism 2' posters from public transport buses in Mumbai, terming them "vulgar".
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