NCP Denies Infighting, Calls Reports 'False' After Meeting with Amit Shah

After the meeting of top NCP leaders with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, speculations of differences within the party had intensified. However, the NCP has categorically denied all these reports and said that there is no infighting in the party. On Monday morning, senior NCP leaders Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Chhagan Bhujbal and Dhananjay Munde met Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. After this meeting, it was speculated that the BJP is considering a merger of both factions of the NCP to strengthen the NDA. There was also speculation that Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar and his son Parth Pawar were being sidelined. But now the NCP has said that the Delhi meeting was pre-decided and the entire party is fully united under Sunetra Pawar's leadership. NCP national chief spokesperson Umesh Patil reacted. He said that Deputy Chief Minister and Maharashtra party president Sunetra Patil and Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar's claims before the meeting were completely false and misleading.