Pawar said he has sought appointments with Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss the matter and push for it to be raised in Parliament

In an editorial published in its party mouthpiece Saamana, the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction argued that the episode reflected a broader trend of undermining constitutional institutions and senior constitutional posts in the country