MLA Sanjay Shirsat, who is also a spokesperson of CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, on Tuesday claimed Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party president Jayant Patil is on the verge of joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reported the PTI.

Reacting to Shirsat's claim, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto said that the ruling alliance partners Shiv Sena and the BJP were just playing mind games as all was not well between Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, the PTI reported.