Nicola Sturgeon has launched another scathing attack on Alex Salmond saying she won't work with him and doesn't agree with his approach to gaining another independence referendum.
The SNP leader also said that she doesn't know what his new party, Alba, stands for.
Asked about if she would work with the former First Minister, Sturgeon said she still has "concerns about his personal conduct".
The Alba Party is led by Salmond and was launched at the end of last month with the sole aim of gaining a 'super-majority' for independence in the Scottish Parliament.
The ex-SNP chief was cleared in March last year of 14 charges of attempted rape, one intent to rape, 11 sexual assaults and two indecent assaults, against 10 women.
Salmond admitted he had an extramarital “sexual liaison” with one of the complainers, and a “sleepy cuddle” with another for which he apologised to her.
During an interview with Sophy Ridge on Sky News the First Minister was asked if she would work with Salmond following the election on May 6 if he party gained seats at Holyrood.
She said: "I'm not going to work with Alex Salmond.
"Firstly, I have concerns about his personal conduct that he hasn't acknowledged or apologised for.
"I don't agree with the approach to independence. It is risking putting more people off, rather than bringing people towards us.
"There is no shortcut to independence, we've got to do it through winning a majority and allowing that majority to express itself in a legitimate process.
"I also don't know what Alba stands for.
"For me independence is not an end to itself, it means a better Scotland, a fair equal Scotland where we value everybody who lives here for who they are.
"I don't know what Alba stands for but from what I've seen so far I'd probably have some concerns about that."
Sturgeon also hit out at the approach Alex Salmond and his Alba Party were taking during the election.
She said: "I listen to the rhetoric around independence and it seems to skip over the hard work of persuading those who voted no in 2014, many of whom are now open minded and want us to make a convince, persuasive case to them - that's the hard work I've been doing.
"I'm not interested in an arm wrestling contest with other people about who supports independence the most.
"I'm interested in persuading those who are open minded, but need still to be persuaded so that we build a majority for independence which expresses itself in a legitimate process."
The Alba Party has been contacted for comment.
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