Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath said that he has made no disrespectful comment on BJP minister Imarti Devi. Kamal Nath said that BJP is spreading lies. In a letter to CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Kamal Nath stated, "In the rally at Dabra I made no disrespectful comments, then too you forwarded lies and the word which you are referring to has many meanings, many definitions, but due to fault in your and your party's thoughts are defining it as per your whim and spreading lies and are trying to mislead the public."