As Ajit Pawar, senior NCP leader, who is also the nephew of Sharad Pawar, finally came before the media to refute the lingering buzz that he was planning to cross over to the BJP with his supporters, the question being asked is whether Pawar Jr was 'neutralised' mid-way or was he part of a larger plot that his uncle executed, by taking the Thackeray-led Sena leadership into confidence, to expose the poaching bid by the opposite side.