Haven’t received any proposal to join NDA: Supriya Sule
Supriya Sule of the NCP (SP) has dismissed rumors of a potential merger with the NDA alliance. She clarified that such discussions ended following the death of her cousin, Ajit Pawar, and denied receiving any formal proposals.
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This clarifies the political landscape in Maharashtra and the current stance of the NCP (SP) regarding potential coalition shifts.
MUMBAI: Even as deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar called on chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday amid continuing speculation about the merger of the two NCP parties, working president of the NCP SP Supriya Sule categorically ruled out the possibility.She reiterated that this issue had reached a full stop the day her cousin, former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, was killed in an air crash this Jan.“I am saying this for the final time. When my brother was alive, there were talks on a merger and a date had been fixed. The day he passed away -- in my mind and within our party -- there was a full-stop to this,” she said.She clarified that she had not received any proposal regarding the merger from the NCP.
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