Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Supriya Sule Rejects NCP Merger and Government Joining Speculation
Supriya Sule said her NCP faction will not merge with another faction.
She also said it will not join the government.
Sule said the party is working toward upcoming elections.
She believes there is only one real NCP, founded by Sharad Pawar.
She said the party name and symbol were taken away unfairly.
That dispute is still being considered by a court.
Sule said Sharad Pawar alone will choose his successor.
She also said party members can make their own political decisions.
Supriya Sule ruled out merging NCP factions or joining the ruling government.
She said the Sharad Pawar-led NCP is preparing for local and state elections.
Sule said Sharad Pawar would decide the party’s successor and rejected claims of multiple NCPs.
She said Rohit Pawar’s political choices were his own under the party’s internal democracy.
Sule criticised the Election Commission’s decision involving the party name and symbol and said the matter remains in court.
- Who
- Supriya Sule, working president of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar), made the statements; Sharad Pawar and other NCP leaders were also discussed.
- What
- Sule rejected speculation about an NCP merger or joining the ruling government and reaffirmed the Sharad Pawar-led party’s opposition role.
- When
- Sule made the remarks on Saturday; Sharad Pawar had ruled out a merger or BJP alignment days earlier.
- Where
- The remarks were made in Mumbai during an interview with a Marathi television channel; the party’s core committee also met in Maharashtra.
- Why
- Sule said there was no merger proposal and that the NCP was working strongly while preparing for upcoming elections.
- Party position
- Sule said the NCP would neither merge with another faction nor join the government.
- Opposition role
- Sharad Pawar had said the NCP would remain in opposition and would not align with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Election planning
- The party’s core committee discussed upcoming local body elections and its roadmap for state assembly polls.
- Party identity
- Sule said there is only one NCP, founded by Sharad Pawar.
- Leadership succession
- Sule said Sharad Pawar would decide who succeeds him.
- Legal dispute
- Sule said the party’s challenge concerning its name and symbol remains pending in court.
- Internal democracy
- Sule said Rohit Pawar could make his own political choices and that she would not advise him.