Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to have plans to "destroy" state-level parties and weaken the Opposition, the PTI reported.

Days after his nephew Ajit Pawar and several other MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party rebelled against him and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar hit the road in an attempt to rally party workers behind him.