Amid 'speculations' doing rounds on senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pankaja Munde receiving an offer to join the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule refuted the claims and said that she will always be with BJP.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Chandrakant Khaire on Friday said, "We will certainly welcome Pankaja Munde if 'she' joins the party."