"I have not being contacted by anybody from BSP with an offer to join the party," Salim Sherwani, SP MP from Badaun, told reporters on the sidelines of the Parliamentary Board meeting of the party in New Delhi.

Supporting the party's stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Sherwani said: "How can the deal be Muslim or Hindu. The deal can't be religious. It is in the national interest as India needs nuclear energy".

Sherwani also denied reports about discontentment among SP leaders over the issue.

"I have a good rapport with party leaders, especially Mulayam Singh ji and I am very much with the party. This is the reason why I have been elected as MP from Badaun for six times," he said.

None of the Muslim MPs are unhappy over the issue and the entire party supports the deal.