The NCP (SP) national working president said no merger proposals have been received since the death of Ajit Pawar.
Supriya Sule, the national working president of NCP (SP), has ruled out any ongoing merger talks between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party. Speaking in New Delhi on Thursday, Sule stated that she has not received any merger proposals and has not been approached by anyone regarding the matter, according to reports by Hindustan Times.
Sule said that discussions regarding a reunification of the factions were taking place while Ajit Pawar was alive. She noted that her brother had discussed the matter with the party, but his death in a plane crash in Baramati on January 28 changed the situation. She stated that from her perspective, the matter ended with his passing.
The remarks follow speculation triggered by a meeting on November 1 between six senior NCP leaders and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Maharashtra NCP president Sunil Tatkare had previously suggested that the two factions would have reunited by February 12 if Ajit Pawar had survived.
Regarding recent meetings between various leaders and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, Sule described these as a normal part of political processes. She said that the choice of whom leaders meet is an internal party decision and that many leaders have continued to meet Sharad Pawar since the split in July 2023.
