No merger talks with Sharad Pawar, says Praful Patel

Gondia, Nov 8 (UNI) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel, who belongs to the Ajit Pawar faction, has denied reports suggesting that he discussed a possible merger of the two NCP factions with party founder Sharad Pawar during their recent meeting at a hospital. Patel also clarified that there was no certainty that their proposed meeting in Mumbai on November 10 would involve political discussions or the issue of a merger. Speculation about a possible reunion of the two NCP factions intensified after a video of Patel's meeting with Sharad Pawar at the hospital went viral on social media.…