Mere hypothesis: Chandrakant Patil on rumours about possible merger of NCP factions

Maharashtra BJP President Chandrakant Patil. File
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Maharashtra Minister and BJP chief Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday (Might 14, 2025) dismissed hypothesis surrounding the potential merger of two factions of the Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP), saying nothing has ever materialised.

Hypothesis concerning the NCP led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP (SP) led by his uncle Sharad Pawar gained traction after the latter reportedly mentioned it was as much as NCP (SP) working President Supriya Sule and Ajit to determine concerning the reunion.

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“The rumoured merger has by no means taken form. It has all the time remained a matter of hypothesis. It is solely a speaking level, nothing has materialised,” Mr. Patil instructed reporters.

He mentioned the undivided NCP was basically a celebration dominated by three individuals- Sharad Pawar, his daughter Sule, and nephew Ajit Pawar.

“Even then, the present state NCP (SP) president Jayant Patil and the celebration MLA Rohit Pawar (grandnephew of Sharad Pawar) had been stored at a distance. They’re merely watching the developments, whereas these three people referred to as the photographs,” he added.

The NCP, based by Sharad Pawar in 1999, break up in July 2023 when Ajit Pawar, then the Chief of the Opposition, joined the ruling Mahayuti alliance, then led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, taking a number of MLAs with him.

Forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Ajit Pawar secured the official celebration identify and election image, whereas Sharad Pawar needed to register his faction as NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), with a brand new image.

Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) was decimated within the earlier yr’s meeting polls by the NCP headed by Ajit Pawar, which received 41 seats.