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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) elder person Jayant Patil connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) claimed that elder leaders of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP including Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and Chhagan Bhujbal knew astir the merge of the 2 factions, saying the merger was finalised successful mid-January and was scheduled to announced successful mid-February.
Mr. Patil said that aft gathering with Ajit Pawar connected January 16, they went to conscionable Sharad Pawar connected January 17. A gathering was held successful Baramati.
According to Mr. Patil, the enactment decided the merger connected January 16 and planned to denote the merger connected February 8 aft the Zilla Parishad elections scheduled connected February 5. However, it was postponed to February 12 arsenic Mr. Patil was accidental to be a wedding successful Delhi during that time.
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“Ajit Pawar informed Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Chhagan Bhujbal and different leaders of his plans of merger. Before the merger plan, respective treatment were astatine my place. At slightest met 8 to 10 times and helium expressed his tendency of merger. He wanted to get some NCP unneurotic successful beingness of Sharad Pawar and enactment each the quality of past 2.5 years behind,” Mr. Patil claimed.
The statements of NCP-SP person Jayant Patil and Sharad Pawar had has triggered caller governmental debate pursuing Ajit Pawar’s decease connected Wednesday (January 28). The statements besides comes up of oath ceremonial scheduled connected Saturday (January 31) arsenic Ajit Pawar’s spouse and Rajya Sabha subordinate Sunetra Pawar apt to appointed arsenic Deputy Chief Minister.
Mr. Pawar besides addressed a property conscionable successful Baramati, highlighting the details of merger plan, saying helium had nary thought related to the determination connected vacant station of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and assignment of his daughter-in-law.
Meanwhile, a video has besides surfaced online, showing the January 17 meeting, wherever discussions connected a imaginable merger of the 2 NCP factions astatine Govind Baug, Baramati, has been discussed.
