Ajit Pawar Aide Rules Out Reunion With Sharad Pawar's Faction

Praful Patel claimed that the majority of public representatives, functionaries and workers of NCP supported Ajit Pawar's decision to join hands with NDA.

Praful Patel, working president of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, on Thursday said it was a misconception that the two rival factions of the party would soon come together.

Speaking at a news conference at the Nationalist Congress Party's two-day conclave here, he also claimed that the majority of public representatives, functionaries and workers of the party supported Ajit Pawar's decision to join hands with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

“There should be no confusion…because some people in the (Sharad Pawar-led) NCP mislead people into believing that we are again coming together. I want to state it very specifically that we are working in the NCP under Ajit Pawar's leadership for Maharashtra's benefit," Mr Patel said.