He saidu00a0such rumours were floated by his adversaries. “I don’t want to attend the national executive meeting. I am disappointed with the way higher-ups (in the party) are functioning.

I tried to seek the president’s intervention to resolve the crisis. President Nitin Gadkari failed to honour the assurance he had given and did not take any action against general secretary HN Ananth Kumar for indulging in anti-party activities,” he added.