NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar on Friday said that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had reached out to him seeking support for the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA`s) Vice-Presidential candidate, CP Radhakrishnan. However, Pawar said he conveyed his inability to extend support, PTI reported.

Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief said, “The Opposition’s candidate, B Sudarshan Reddy, has already filed his nomination. Even though our numbers are lower than the NDA’s, we are not concerned.”

He added that the entire Opposition had unanimously agreed to field Reddy as their candidate, PTI reported.