BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and Gopinath Munde hold the promised press conference.

Munde says: I am in the BJP and will remain in the BJP. I am not leaving the party. Said he has not met Ahmed Patel (Sonia Gandhi's chief strategist) or Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan and is not joining the Congress.

He says he is pained by certain aspects, but he has spoken to the BJP leaders about it. Sushma butts in saying pain (peedha) is not for public consumption. But the thing that hurts him the most (this is Sushma talking about Munde's pain. The lady knows it all) are the rumours that he will be quitting the party.

Sushma says Munde has spoken to him about the issues, which will be ironed out.