The MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber said the claims were “utter nonsense” and “total crap”.
He said: ”I have got a job to do leading the group, I am fully focused on doing so and I intend to lead us through all the challenges we face and to stand by the side of the First Minister ready for the campaign ahead.”
It comes amid reports of a row between Blackford and senior MPs Alyn Smith and Stewart McDonald, the party’s foreign affairs and defence spokesmen, over concerns they were freelancing in their portfolios.
Smith has rejected claims of a confrontation as “total garbage”.
McDonald wrote on Twitter: “All of this is literally made up by people with the luxury of too much time on their hands.”
Politico reported Blackford “may be preparing to ditch his role as the SNP’s chief at Westminster”, but furious insiders said there was no truth to this.
Blackford has been the SNP’s Westminster leader since 2017, after Angus Robertson, who is now an SNP minister in Holyrood, lost his seat as an MP
Sturgeon recently reiterated her desire to hold a second independence referendum before the end of 2023.
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