'Merger can't happen without us': CM Fadnavis after NCP leaders meet Sharad Pawar
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis stated that any potential merger between NCP factions would require BJP involvement. He also addressed the transition of leadership to Sunetra Pawar following the death of Ajit Pawar.
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The political stability of Maharashtra's coalition government depends heavily on the internal dynamics and potential realignments of the NCP.
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said only NCP leaders Sharad Pawar and Sunetra Pawar could clarify whether the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) would merge, asserting that neither had discussed any such proposal with the BJP.“If they (Sharad Pawar and Sunetra Pawar) decide to merge, they will come and tell us, because the merger cannot happen without us. Neither of them has told us anything yet,” Fadnavis told reporters on the sidelines of a Diwali gathering at his official residence, Varsha, in Mumbai.The remarks come amid renewed speculation over a possible reunion of the two NCP factions after several leaders of the Sunetra Pawar-led NCP, including Praful Patel and Parth Pawar, met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar last week.Sharad Pawar was recently hospitalised with a chest infection.‘Unfair to compare Sunetra Pawar with Ajit Pawar’Asked to compare Sunetra…
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