NEW DELHI: There were no talks regarding the merger of the two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions during the meeting of MLAs with deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, said maharashtra minister Dattatray Bharne on Friday.“There was no party meeting or any political discussion on the merger. The party has not called any such meeting. Some of us happened to be here and met Sunetra Pawar. The discussion was mainly about the drought situation and the work that needs to be undertaken in our respective constituencies,” news agency PTI quoted him as saying.
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Ajit Pawar, who was serving as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, died in a plane crash in January this year.Following his death, his wife Sunetra Pawar took over as the NCP chief and assumed the post of deputy chief minister. Since then, speculation has persisted over a possible merger between the two NCP factions.The merger discussions gathered momentum last week after several leaders from the Sunetra Pawar-led NCP, including Praful Patel and Parth Pawar, held a meeting with NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar.Sunetra Pawar added to the speculation during a press conference in Baramati two days ago, saying that the situation would become clear at the appropriate time.