Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar Saturday dismissed reports that his party had given up its claim on the Pune Lok Sabha seat. He said negotiations with the Congress for upcoming Lok Sabha polls are going on on eight seats including Pune.

"There isno truth in media reports. The decision of sharing 40 seats with the allied parties has been taken, but the discussion on eight seats, including Pune, is still going on", the former deputy chief minister said. Maharashtra has total 48 Lok Sabha seats. When pointed out that Pune constituency traditionally belonged to the Congress, Pawar said, "It was decided that if some constituency belongs to the NCP but the party had faced defeat in the past and if one of the allied parties has better strength on that seat, the NCP will give away that seat".