While the Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar vehemently denied that he would be replacing Sonia Gandhi as the UPA head, former president of Mumbai Congress Sanjay Nirupam said bringing the NCP leader into the contention for the post was part of a big plan to destroy the grand old party.

Reacting to news reports claiming Pawar would be the next head of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) sooner or later, the former MP tweeted on Friday a campaign was being run from Delhi to Mumbai against Congress's former president Rahul Gandhi. Nirupam's tweet suggested that besides other parties, some Congress insiders were also involved in the plan.