The First Minister said voters he met while campaigning in Rutherglen rarely mentioned the deal between the SNP and Greens.
Humza Yousaf has said he is confident SNP members would back the party’s deal with the Scottish Greens at its conference if a vote was called.
But some SNP members - including veteran MSP Fergus Ewing - have blasted the Bute House Agreement and claimed it is damaging support for the Nationalistrs "We’ve just had a a leadership election, of course, in which the Green deal was a central issue, and I’m pleased that I was elected as leader of the SNP.”
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