The NCP on Friday dubbed the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra as a "two-wheel scooter" whose handle is in the hands of the pillion rider and demanded the Shiv Sena rebels apologise to party president Uddhav Thackeray.
State NCP spokesman Mahesh Tapase said the BJP had termed the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government as a "three-wheel auto-rickshaw" pulling in different directions when the new dispensation headed by Sena rebel Mr. Shinde itself resembled a two-wheeler.
Mr. Shinde took over as the Chief Minister on June 30.