Speculations abuzz after NCP, NCP SP leaders meet CM Fadnavis
Rival NCP and NCP SP leaders met separately with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on July 15, 2026. The brief meetings addressed distinct issues, including a request concerning a civic body member’s expulsion. The encounter has triggered speculation about a possible NCP SP alignment with the NDA and a potential merger between the two factions.
- ▪The leaders met individually with CM Fadnavis at his official bungalow, not together as a unified delegation.
- ▪Jayant Patil sought attention to a constituency issue, while Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare raised separate matters.
- ▪Analysts are speculating that NCP SP legislators may support the BJP in upcoming political moves.
- ▪NCP SP leader Supriya Sule is scheduled to hold a press conference later the same day.
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Speculations are abuzz in Maharashtra after rival NCP and NCP SP leaders met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis late in the night on Wednesday (July 15, 2026) at his official bungalow ‘Varsha’. The meeting lasted for a few minutes.Top sources claimed that the leaders had come separately as part of two different appointments. “The meeting was not held together with all three of them. While Mr. Jayant Patil came with a letter requesting the CM to look into the expulsion of a civic body member in Ishwarpur, Mr. Patel and Mr. Tatkare came for a different issue,” a senior leader who was a part of the developments, told The Hindu on Wednesday morning (July 15, 2026).
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