Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis dismissed NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar's claim of a "pre-poll seat guarantee deal in 2024 elections". He said, "Congress' Rahul Gandhi tells stories that sound like a Salim-Javed script...and what Pawar has said seems to be the same script." He added, "Why is he disclosing this after Rahul's claims? Earlier, Pawar never endorsed his claims about EVMs."