The Congress has accused the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of breaching a written agreement for cooperative efforts to create a government in the local body polls in eastern Vidarbha’s Gondia district.

The fissures in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners became more prominent on Thursday when Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar refuted state Congress President Nana Patole’s allegation of backstabbing by joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gondia, instead of keeping the oath of alliance to elect the chief and deputy chiefs of zilla parishad and panchayat samitis.