NCP chief and Union Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday denounced the violence carried out by MNS in Maharashtra but said there was no need for Central intervention as the state government is already taking action in the matter.

Pawar, whose party is a part of the Congress-led coalition government in Maharashtra, also criticised the media for highlighting actions of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, saying this had led to creation of a ‘monster’ out of the situation.

"We say it's condemnable and it should not be done," the NCP leader told reporters in New Delhi while referring to the attacks on north Indians by MNS activists in Maharashtra.

He, however, made it clear that the Centre should not intervene but let the state government perform its role. "The Central government doesn't need to intervene in it ... They (the state) have the right to assess law and order situation.

We don't have the right to talk about it," the NCP leader told reporters in New Delhi.

On allegations that the Vilasrao Deshmukh government was not acting appropriately to deal with the issue, he shot back "What action should have been taken? 1,800 people have been arrested. Isn't action being taken?"