Sharad Pawar also criticised Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla's reference to the Emergency, saying it was not appropriate and did not suit the speaker's position.
Thackeray, however, dismissed the rumours, saying that it was “an informal chat”. “People must have thought of the song, ‘na na karte pyar tumhi se kar baithe’ (I fell in love with you despite denials). But no such thing will happen