Maharashtra portfolios: Sharad Pawar faction mocks BJP with ‘washing machine’ jibe over cooperative sector graft allegations

The Nationalist Congress Party has used the “washing machine” jibe against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after Ajit Pawar, a member of the Ajit Pawar faction, was made Maharashtra cooperation minister. Earlier, the BJP had accused Ajit Pawar of scams and corruption in the cooperative sector. The NCP is asking the BJP to clarify whether they endorse corruption or if the BJP had made these allegations to put pressure on Ajit Pawar and his group.