NCP merger raised as Sunetra Pawar meets Modi, Shah in Delhi
Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- A day after assuming charge as deputy chief minister, Sunetra Pawar on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah in two separate meetings in New Delhi, along with top Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders including national working president Praful Patel and Maharashtra unit president Sunil Tatkare.
The leaders discussed the challenges in merging the two NCP factions headed by Sharad Pawar and Sunetra Pawar, who took over as deputy CM after the death of her husband Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28, party insiders said.
Though Ajit Pawar himself was part of the merger talks prior to his death, several NCP leaders have strong reservations against the move.
Officially, the NCP m...
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