Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) MP Supriya Sule on Saturday rejected speculations of party merger. He told that during the time of Ajit Pawar there was talk on merger of NCP, but after his departure the issue of party merger has ended.
NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule said in a press conference on Saturday, “I want to make it clear once and for all that talks were going on with my brother (Ajit Pawar). As long as Ajit Pawar was there, the alliance was being discussed and the date was fixed. Since brother has left this world, there has been a complete stop on this subject from our side.”
Supriya Sule also clarified that she did not receive any message or mail from Ajit Pawar group regarding party merger. “I have not received any call, message or WhatsApp from the Ajit Pawar faction. We have family relations with Praful Patel and we keep meeting,” he said at the press conference.
He clarified his role in this entire political incident. He said that in democracy everyone has the right to express their opinion. Such speculations and discussions happen every day in politics. We have full faith in democracy. But now there will be no discussion again regarding merger. There was earlier discussion regarding merger with Ajit Dada (Ajit Pawar) and its date was also fixed. But after Dada's departure, the merger has come to a complete halt.
Supriya Sule also refused to join NDA. He said, “There is no talk of joining NDA either. We praised Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj many times. At the time of Pahalgam, Sharad Pawar first supported the government. Whatever happened in 2023 happened (NCP left Sharad Pawar and went with Ajit Pawar) but we all had family relations then and even today.”