Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has rejected reports that his party was going to merge with the Congress.
Pawar made the statement while addressing a meeting of party workers. During the meeting, the veteran leader once again raised the issue of alleged Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering, saying he had always doubted the credibility of EVMs.
The NCP chief had called the meeting to discuss the Lok Sabha results and review preparations for the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Pawar stressed that the NCP has its own identity and it will maintain it. He claimed that reports about the merger with the Congress were rumours spread by some journalists who wanted that NCP should not stay together with our allies.
The speculations of Congress-NCP merger started after Congress president met Pawar in New Delhi following BJP-led NDA’s thumping victory in the recently Lok Sabha election.