Pune:
The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Social gathering is not going to merge with any political occasion, its Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule asserted at present.
She was talking to reporters after a gathering of the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) at occasion chief Sharad Pawar’s residence right here.
Aside from Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule, former Maharashtra ministers Anil Deshmukh and Rajesh Tope, MPs Amol Kolhe and Shrinivas Patil together with others leaders attended the assembly.
“Our faction will not merge with any political party. We will contest the upcoming polls as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA),” Ms Sule mentioned when requested about experiences of her occasion’s merger.
“Today’s meeting was aimed at planning for an upcoming rally (of the INDIA bloc). The discussion revolved around the names of leaders who will address the rally,” she mentioned.
The occasion’s Pune metropolis unit president Prashant Jagtap mentioned, “The news about the merger of our party is wrong. We will come forward with a new name and a new symbol.”
“Today’s meeting was held in view of the upcoming Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha elections. Talks were also held on the February 24 rally of the INDIA alliance in Pune,” he added.
Anil Deshmukh additionally denied experiences that the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) will merge into every other political occasion.
The NCP was cut up in July final yr after senior chief Ajit Pawar together with eight different MLAs joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra authorities. The Election Fee of India (ECI) final week allotted the occasion identify ‘NCP’ and ballot image ‘clock’ to the Ajit Pawar-led group.
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