India, Feb. 11 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's unscheduled late-night visit to New Delhi on Monday where he met Union home minister Amit Shah post-midnight for over an hour, has once again sparked speculation over a possible merger of the twin Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions. Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar is also expected to meet Shah and other BJP leaders in Delhi on Wednesday. Apart from the prospects of a reunion potential changes in the state government in the aftermath of Ajit Pawar's death were also discussed.

People in the know have indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) central leadership has conveyed that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) may be accommodated within the faction led by Sunetra Pawar. N...