Angering the Congress, Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP and Saamana editor Sanjay Raut, had on Saturday, taken a public dig at the Congress’s leadership. Contending that a “weak opposition” was bad for democracy, Raut had called for expansion of the Congress-led UPA. Lashing out at the Sena on Monday, AICC’s (Maharashtra in-charge) H K Patil said, “There are efforts by some people to create confusion amongst UPA partners. Those who are not part of the UPA shouldn’t poke their nose in UPA’s affairs. They are not relevant.” Former minister and Congress’s Mumbai campaign committee chief Naseem Khan, objecting to remarks in Sena mouthpiece Saamana, said. “If someone unnecessarily points a finger at our leader, Congress workers know how to bend it.”