New Delhi, August 19: Ahead of assembly polls in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today ruled out the possibility of merger with Congress, terming as “cheap publicity” statements in this regard made by that party.
“I can’t understand why these days they are raising these questions, why they are not appealing to other parties to merge? Should I say that the Congress should merge with my party?” he asked.
He was reacting to recent statements of AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, who is incharge of Maharashtra, and Union Minister and Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh that NCP should consider merging with their party.
Pawar said, “These are all cheap public statements” and he did not want to say anything beyond that.
“They should not say like that.
–PTI