Congress' Maharashtra unit head, Harshvardhan Sapkal, criticised the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill and called it similar to 'Rowlette Act 1919' and compared Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with 'Aurangzeb'.

While talking to ANI, Sapkal said, "The state government conspires to bring in this Bill soon... This is similar to the Rowlette Act of 1919... Fadnavis' actions are brutal like Aurangzeb, and his dictatorial behaviour, like that of British colonisers, is getting exposed through this Bill."

Sakpal claimed that Naxalites do not exist anymore and added, "Urban Naxalite does not exist... RSS and BJP have problems with development, and this is a direct attack on democracy... We will oppose this."