NCP Not Inclined To Ally With AIMIM, Says Sharad Pawar

"I have been reading about this statement (of Imtiaz Jaleel) but I want to clarify that this is not our party's stand (to ally with AIMIM)," NCP president Sharad Pawar told reporters at Baramati in the Pune district.

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said his party was not inclined to ally with AIMIM, a day after AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel proposed an alliance with tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), headed by Shiv Sena.

The Shiv Sena has already rejected Mr Jaleel's suggestion for an alliance.

"I have been reading about this statement (of Imtiaz Jaleel) but I want to clarify that this is not our party's stand (to ally with AIMIM)," Mr Pawar told reporters at Baramati in the Pune district.

"They (AIMIM) can talk about alliances but the parties they are talking about should accept such proposal in the first place," the former Union minister said.