"There are some rumours in the media about me wanting to become president. That is never going to happen. I am here to work for RSS. I had already closed all doors myself before joining RSS. The rumours spread by the media will always remain rumours. Even if my name crops up, hypothetically, I will never accept it," Bhagwat said.
But in the political circles, Shiv Sena's move was being seen largely in the context of the intermittent but continual brinkmanship between the two parties which recently fought a bitter political battle in BMC election.
Earlier last week, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had broached this topic in an interview proposing many names including that of BJP veteran L K Advani.
After registering an emphatic victory in the latest round of state assembly polls, BJP has inched very close to the half way mark in the electoral college for the President of India.
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