Pune, Dec. 27 -- NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) leader Azam Pansare, following his meeting with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at Pimpri-Chinchwad on December 26, expressed his wish to establish an alliance with the Ajit Pawar faction ahead of Pune Municipal elections.

Speaking with the media, Pansare said, "Ajit Pawar came to meet me after a long time. We had a lot of discussions on general issues... We wish to have an alliance (between NCP SP and NCP)... He told me that a decision will be taken soon."

This development came after the Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) decided to reunite ahead of the upcoming Pune Municipal Corporation elections.

Following the reunion, NCP-SCP ...