Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anil Deshmukh alleged that when he was in jail, he was offered a "deal" for getting out, and had he accepted it, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government could not have lasted even 2.5 years.

Addressing an event in Wardha, Deshmukh said, "You all know I was kept in jail for 14 months under false allegations. I had received an offer for a deal. Had I accepted, I wouldn`t have been in jail."