Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar while speaking with DNA on Thursday scoffed at and dismissed media reports suggesting his party's merger with the Congress. The trigger for the speculations was his hour-long meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday at Pawar's 6 Janpath residence.
Minutes after both leaders met, rumours that Pawar and Gandhi had initiated talks for NCP's merger in the Congress and how this will enable the Congress to get the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha (LS), started doing the rounds.