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NCP (SP) caput Sharad Pawar connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was not portion of merger discussions betwixt the 2 Nationalist Congress Party factions and truthful had nary close to remark connected them.
Speaking to reporters successful Baramati, the erstwhile Union curate claimed that NCP (SP) person Jayant Patil and his nephew and NCP main Ajit Pawar had been starring the merger talks.
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar died successful a level clang astatine Baramati successful Pune territory connected January 28.
After his death, Sharad Pawar and different leaders of his enactment claimed that merger talks were successful precocious stages and Ajit Pawar had finalised February 12 arsenic the day to denote reunification betwixt the rival factions.
CM Fadnavis, however, said if the merger talks were truly successful progress, past Ajit Pawar would person shared details with him.
Asked astir Mr. Fadnavis's remarks, Sharad Pawar said, "I bash not understand, what close helium has to notation my name? As helium was obscurity successful the merger talks, helium has nary close to remark connected it."
He said that NCP (SP) person Jayant Patil and NCP caput Ajit Pawar had been starring the merger talks.
Asked if the merger volition instrumentality spot now, Sharad Pawar said that presently their precedence is to enactment each different and past determine however to spell ahead.
"As acold arsenic governmental discussions are concerned, we are not talking to anyone," helium added.
Happy that Sunetra got Deputy CM post: Sharad Pawar
To a question connected the assignment of Ajit Pawar's woman Sunetra arsenic lawman CM aft his demise, the elder Pawar said it is simply a substance of happiness and restitution that she got the accidental to service successful the post.
He, however, denied having immoderate cognition astir a memorial for Ajit Pawar being planned connected the premises of Vidya Pratishtan, the acquisition instauration founded by the Pawar household successful Baramati.
"I person work astir it successful the newspapers. There has been nary treatment connected it yet. We volition beryllium unneurotic and decide," helium said.
Notably, Kiran Gujar, a adjacent adjutant of Ajit Pawar and confidant of the Pawar family, connected Sunday said the memorial has been planned connected the Vidya Pratishthan premises wherever the NCP leader's past rites were performed.
