Mumbai, July 13 -- Maharashtra Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar-led NCP MLA Anil Bhaidas Patil said here on Monday that there are suspicions that NCP founder Sharad Pawar met Deputy CM Eknath Shinde recently during the session of the legislative assembly because he intends to support the BJP-led NDA.

"There is a suspicion that Sharad Pawar went to meet Eknath Shinde because of a breakdown in the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) or because he wants to support the NDA," Anil Patil said.

"Many doubts are being raised in political circles about why Sharad Pawar met Eknath Shinde. Why did Pawar Saheb go to him? Did Pawar meet him because there is a rift in the opposition MVA or does he want to support the NDA? There are many such doubts. Sharad Pawar...