Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has been given another public dressing down by his own ally, the Shiv Sena, which has questioned in its latest editorial: "What has changed with the new government? If someone knows please tell us."
The Sena has ripped into its own government for the alleged failure to arrest the killers of communist leader and anti-toll tax campaigner Govind Pansare, who died last week days after being shot at by unknown gunmen.
It a repeat of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar's murder, the Sena said in its editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna, commenting that "the Chief Minister and the government have changed but the system is the same."
"People are asking for the Chief Minister's resignation as he is the home minister," the Seba editorial said, calling Mr Fadnavis' statement on catching Mr Pansare's murderers "laughable."
The party said the police could not be blamed as they are "not equipped," and added, "Why are there no CCTV cameras everywhere?"
Last month, a Sena editorial criticised Mr Fadnavis over farmer suicides and commented that the deaths continued in Vidarbha even though the Chief Minister was from the region.
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