NCP says no proposal for merger with Sharad Pawar faction
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Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Saturday said there was no proposal for his outfit to merge with the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Sharad Pawar, reported The Indian Express.
After NCP president and Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash on January 28, several reports had said that the group was considering a merger with the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).
“If you ask me, there is no such proposal for merger before us,” Bhujbal was quoted as saying by the newspaper. “Moreover, we have a captain. All the decisions will take place accordingly.”
On January 31, Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar was elected as the leader of the legislative party of the NCP faction that Ajit Pawar led.
Ajit Pawar died when a small aircraft crashed near an airstrip in Baramati town during its second attempt to land after having initiated a go-around. Two pilots, a flight attendant and Ajit Pawar’s security officer were the others who died in the incident.
The cause of the crash was unclear. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, a unit of the civil aviation ministry, is investigating the incident.
In 2023, Ajit Pawar, along with several party MLAs, joined Maharashtra’s Mahayuti coalition government comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena faction led by...