The BJP on Monday claimed that Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had held a "press conference" on February 15 which contradicted NCP chief Sharad Pawar's assertion that he was hospitalized then.

Deshmukh, an NCP leader who is under fire following allegations of corruption by IPS officer Param Bir Singh, however, said it was only a brief interaction with the media when he was stepping out of hospital.