Mumbai, Feb. 3 -- Maharashtra BJP Media Cell Chief Navnath Ban on Tuesday refuted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut's statement that the late breakaway NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had been eager to return to the parent party led by the veteran Sharad Pawar.
Talking to mediapersons here, Navnath Ban said Raut's statement on the intended "homecoming" by Ajit Pawar was baseless and designed to deliberately spread false information "much like writing a sensational fictional script for an entertaining web series".
Ban challenged Raut to present concrete evidence to back his reckless statements about Ajit Pawar.
He remarked that Raut who has "developed a habit of making false allegations while holding the post ...