Nagpur : A key political leader had plotted to bring down the UPA-2 government, former BJP president Nitin Gadkari has claimed, as reported by a news channel on Friday.

Gadkari said the influential leader had approached him to effect the same but he refused to become a party to the plot.

Gadkari had the disclosure while speaking at a private function in Nagpur, the channel reported.

As per the report, Gadkari did not name the leader or the party to which he belongs.

Gadkari had recently decided not to seek a second term as BJP president following a barrage of corruption allegations against him.