The buzz that the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) could join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), either directly or indirectly, gathered steam, as on Thursday evening senior party leaders Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad met deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena president Eknath Shinde at his official residence, Nandanvan, at Malabar Hill | Mumbai news

A merger formula was almost finalised and about to be announced when NCP chief Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash on January 28 | India News

A merger formula was almost finalised and about to be announced when NCP chief Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash on January 28. | India News