No merger proposal received, says NCP (SP) spokesperson Ankush Kakade

Pune, Nov 14 (UNI) Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) spokesperson Ankush Kakade today clarified that there has been no discussion or proposal regarding the merger of the two NCP factions. He maintained that the ongoing merger discussions were taking place within the Ajit Pawar-led NCP and not in the Sharad Pawar faction. "We have not received any merger proposal, nor has there been any discussion at the senior level within our party. Whatever is happening is taking place within Ajit Dada's party. Sunil Tatkare and Praful Patel raised the issue, and Chhagan Bhujbal subsequently endorsed it. The discussion is confined…