NCP's Malik debunks Pawar-Shah meet speculation

Maharashtra minister and NCP national spokesperson Nawab Malik dismissed reports of a purported meeting between party chief Sharad Pawar and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Mumbai: Maharashtra minister and NCP national spokesperson Nawab Malik on Sunday rubbished talk of a meeting between his party chief Sharad Pawar and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

He further alleged that such talk was the BJP's way of creating "confusion".

"It is completely false information and deliberately pushed by some people to create confusion. It is something that the BJP wants to create some confusion. Such a meeting has not taken place. There is no reason that Pawar should meet Shah," Malik said.

There has been speculation in political circles that Shah met Pawar and Praful Patel at a top industrialist's residence in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

At a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday, Shah parried a query on the purported meeting, saying everything cannot be made public.

(With inputs from PTI)