Tekawade was considered as close to Ajit Pawar and mobilised votes for Supriya Sule from Purandar, which is part of her Baramati Lok Sabha constituency
The Bharatiya Janata Party never contacted NCP leader Ajit Pawar and certain imaginary news is being spread, state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule claimed on Monday.
Officially, MLAs say Ajit Pawar will stick with the MVA, and hope there will not be a split; loss of national party status, discomfort with Uddhav leadership add to NCP unrest.
Eknath Shinde made the statement while addressing the media at the Vidhan Bhawan after the end of the 4-week-long Budget session. His remark came after earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi had said that he would not apologise for his remarks as he was not Savarkar.