Alibaug, Nov 20 (PTI): A day after his remarks about snap polls in Maharashtra created ripples, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said it was not his intention to topple the Devendra Fandnavis-led BJP government in the state.

"We don't have any interest in toppling this government," Pawar said, addressing the concluding function of the two-day conclave of senior NCP leaders which began at this coastal town yesterday.

"I did not speak anything different than what I said earlier that we don't have any interests are not being protected, any party will take a stance," Pawar said.

"But this does not mean that we are out to pull down the government," he said.

"We can be emphatic if the state government is not taking the right decision or if a legislation is not agreeable," he said.

"But the picture painted after my yesterday's speech is exaggerated. We have been given a mandate to sit in opposition. We are ready to take to the streets for any issue which is in the interest of people," he said.

But this does not mean that we want to create instability.

On Narendra Modi's style of functioning, Pawar said, "We don't know about the product but the marketing is excellent."

Referring to PM's US and Australia visits, Pawar said, "Modi said he started the Janadhar scheme. But an RTI query shows there is zero balance in 74 per cent of the accounts under the scheme."