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The Nationalist Congress Occasion (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) formally scotched speculations a pair of probable merger with the Nationalist Congress Occasion, saying that such talks had been no longer below consideration and that its allies within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) had been privy to the score together’s space.
Talking to newshounds in Mumbai, NCP (SP) Command president Jayant Patil stated, “The merger talks had been initiated on the insistence of Ajit Pawar. He’s not any more now. So, there’s not any possibility of a merger anymore. This field doesn’t exist anymore. I don’t deem any of our alliance companions dangle any doubts about this.”
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His remarks advance amid concerns raised by some MVA leaders about NCP SP’s ideological space and whether or not it could in the end align with the BJP-led Mahayuti in Maharashtra.
Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and NCP’s nationwide president, died in a tragic air crash on January 28. Following his loss of life, NCP (SP) had claimed that merger talks between the 2 factions had been at an aesthetic stage and that a formal announcement turned into anticipated on February 12. Nonetheless, the score together didn’t clarify whether or not a unified NCP would align with the NDA’s regional alliance, Mahayuti or the INDIA Bloc’s regional alliance, MVA. This ambiguity had introduced on unease amongst its allies.
Mr. Patil spoke on the sidelines of discussions over the Rajya Sabha nomination from Maharashtra. When requested whether or not alliance companions had been looking out for assurance about NCP (SP)’s allegiance to the INDIA Bloc, he stated no such assurance turned into major.
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The score together maintained that the MVA turned into formed on the initiative of Sharad Pawar and that he remained the binding power that introduced the Congress and the Shiv Sena together despite their years of political variations.
The NCP (SP) has maintained that Ajit Pawar had been thinking about reunification and had initiated informal discussions without consulting different score together leaders. Nonetheless, the most modern NCP management has denied that any merger talks had been underway.
Published – March 04, 2026 10:38 pm IST
