New Delhi:

Former BJP chief and party in-charge of Delhi Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday issued clarification regarding a fabricated tweet by saying that it is the work of a parody account.

He tweeted, "My attention has been drawn to some untrue and fabricated tweet attributed to me with regard to a potential BJP candidate for Delhi Assembly. The purported tweet is the handy work of a Parody account and has got nothing to do with me or my Twitter account or the BJP."

"The report generated from the Parody account may please be dismissed with the contempt such misuse of the social media deserves," he tweeted.

On Tuesday, a tweet by Gadkari "Dilli chunav ke liye BJP taiyyar, Kejriwal ke mukable Kiran Bedi hongi CM candidate (BJP ready for Delhi polls, Kiran Bedi will be CM candidate against Kejriwal)" caused a flutter in party circles, with leaders and spokespersons distancing themselves from the comment.

The Delhi BJP unit has been facing flak for its factional fights. However, Bedi, who is known to be close to BJP leaders, has not joined the party.