Nashik, Aug. 22 -- Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal today declared that he has not said that he will become the guardian minister of Nashik.

"Holding a review meeting, and gathering information does not mean that I was the head of that work. It does not mean that I was the Kumbh Mela Minister or the Nashik Guardian Minister. However, as a minister and as a public representative of Nashik, I have one hundred percent right to hold a meeting regarding the Simhastha Kumb Mela. There is no part of me having to become the guardian minister for that," Chhagan Bhujbal clarified regarding the Simhastha meeting controversy.

Bhujbal sparked controversy after holding a review meeting regarding the Simhastha Kumbh Mela.

On Thursday, B...