India, Jan. 9 -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday signalled that the two rival factions-NCP and NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) - could come together permanently after the ongoing municipal elections, underlining that there are no "permanent enemies" in politics.

Pawar was speaking to a local news channel when asked whether a merger of the two factions was possible, given that they are contesting civic elections together in several municipal corporations, including Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

"As municipal elections are underway, we are extremely busy with alliance talks, seat-sharing, campaign planning, and the actual campaigning. There is no time to discuss these issues rig...