New Delhi, June 9 -- Rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will hold separate Foundation Day gatherings in Pune on 10 June in the backdrop of a growing buzz over a reunion.

The Pawar family reunion buzz is coming at a time when speculation of rapprochement between the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and his cousin Raj Thackeray'sMaharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) is also rife in Maharashtra political circles..

For now, both sides in Pawar family insisted there was no such proposal on the table despite frequent meetings between their top leaders.

A senior NCP (Ajit Pawar) MLC and close aide, Amol Mitkari, recently said, "If Pandurang has a will, the two siblings (Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule) would come together before...