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Both NCP factions are free to merge, Fadnavis says, and the call is the Pawars'
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the two NCP factions are independent parties and will decide on any merger themselves, adding that as NDA constituents they would consult the BJP first. The talk revived after Praful Patel met Sharad Pawar at a Mumbai hospital.
NCP rift out in the open as Sunetra Pawar calls her MLAs to Mumbai tonight
A day after six senior NCP leaders met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi without her, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar has called a meeting of party MLAs at her Mumbai residence on Tuesday evening. The trigger is a lost MLC seat, unhappiness with Parth Pawar's working style and the unreturned finance portfolio.