Tawde said that Thackeray did the same thing about Harisal village in Amravati district, where he selectively recorded a video footage and misrepresented it. Explaining certain facts about the village, Tawde said that Dhasai's cashless transactions started long back and it is the first village that has been doing it. Tawde said that instead of taking this fact into consideration, Thackeray is showing interviews with accusatory questions and is making tall claims about lack of development. Criticising Thackeray over the demonetisation issue, Tawde said, "it seems that demonetisation has cost Thackeray heavily. Retaliating to flak from NCP President Sharad Pawar on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Tawde said, "Pawar said he does not wish to see Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil in RSS's attire of a half pant and a cap.

Source: dna April 21, 2019 00:33 UTC