The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday accused Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of trying to garner publicity by "misusing" NCP president Sharad Pawar's name to outshine CM Eknath Shinde, reported news agency PTI.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis in an interview to a TV channel recently claimed Sharad Pawar agreed to form government with the BJP in 2019 and then backed off after three-four days.