Maharashtra NCP president refutes reports about discussion of merger with Sharad Pawar factions

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Sunil Dattatray Tatkare speaks to the media. File.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Sunil Dattatray Tatkare speaks to the media. File. | Photo Credit: ANI

Maharashtra NCP president Sunil Tatkare connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) refuted media reports that treatment of a merger of the 2 parties had taken spot astatine a gathering successful Baramati connected January 17. His connection came arsenic Sharad Pawar’s faction released a video showing the precocious Ajit Pawar holding a gathering with Sharad Pawar on with different enactment members.

Sunetra Pawar oath ceremonial updates connected January 31, 2026

“I saw the video of a gathering today. This was a beverage gathering successful Baramati aft an accumulation there. Ajit dada had himself clarified past successful a property league that it was astir the treatment for section assemblage elections,” Mr Tatkare said connected Saturday (January 31, 2026).

In an aboriginal greeting property briefing held astatine Baramati connected Saturday (January 31, 2026), NCP SP person Sharad Pawar had said that it was Ajit Pawar’s privation for the 2 NCPs to reunite and that his enactment wished the same. He besides said that he was unaware of Sunetra Pawar’s swearing-in today, and that determination was nary connection oregon treatment astir it wrong the family.

NCP SP sources claimed that a closed-door gathering was held successful Baramati connected January 17 with Ajit Pawar. Sources person claimed that the 2 parties were to reunite, reports @vinivdvc.

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Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra, is acceptable to sworn-in arsenic the archetypal pistillate Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra — a station that felt vacant pursuing her husband’s decease — aboriginal successful the evening today. Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat volition administer oath of bureau to Sunetra Pawar astatine 5 p.m. astatine Raj Bhavan, officials confirmed to The Hindu

Elaborating connected the gathering to beryllium held contiguous betwixt Ms. Sunetra and NCP enactment leaders, helium said, “A ceremonial missive of her prime volition beryllium written. We volition conscionable the CM with the letter. He volition instrumentality a determination connected it thereafter. We are incapable to digest the grief that Ajit Pawar is nary much with us. His ineffable ashes volition beryllium taken successful each district.” The Legislature enactment gathering volition beryllium held astatine the State Legislature astatine 2 p.m.

Published - January 31, 2026 01:40 p.m. IST

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