State BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule courted controversy when an audio clip, purportedly of him advising party workers to appease journalists by treating them with tea and a meal to avoid negative publicity ahead of the elections, went viral on Sunday.

Opposition parties slammed Bawankule. State Congress president Nana Patole said the act showed Bawankule`s depth of thinking. NCP (Sharad Pawar) working President Supriya Sule condemned the BJP leader. She said the BJP did not like dissenting voices in the media.

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The clip has not been verified by mid-day, but Bawankule did not deny the existence of such a recording. In response, he said he merely asked the party workers to ensure cordial relations with journalists. “I asked the workers to invite journalists for tea, and it is not wrong.  A section of the media has misconstrued my statements,” he said on Monday.

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