<p>The NCP (SP) agreed to contest fewer seats than its <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/congress-to-decide-leader-of-opposition-in-lok-sabha-sharad-pawar-23355004" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maha Vikas Aghadi</a> (MVA) allies during the Lok Sabha elections but the situation would be different in the assembly polls, a party leader has quoted its supremo Sharad Pawar as saying, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Sharad Pawar held two meetings in Pune on Friday, one with the party's functionaries from Pune city and district, and another with its MLAs and newly-elected MPs.</p>
<p>City NCP (SP) chief Prashant Jagtap, who attended the first meeting, said Pawar told the gathering that the party contested fewer seats in the Lok Sabha polls just to ensure that the alliance with the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/sharad-pawar-urges-union-govt-to-take-lead-to-resolve-quota-issue-in-maharashtra-23354969" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Shiv Sena (UBT)</a> and Congress remained intact, reported PTI.</p>
<p>"He indicated that the picture in the assembly polls will be different," said Jagtap, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The NCP (SP) chief also reviewed the situation in assembly segments within the Pune, Baramati, Maval and Shirur Lok Sabha constituencies, he said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>A party leader who attended the second meeting said Pawar exhorted the MPs and MLAs to be prepared for the assembly elections.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, state NCP (SP) chief <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/sharad-pawar-confident-of-ncp-sps-return-to-power-in-maharashtra-23354849" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jayant Patil</a> told reporters that the party had not yet decided how many seats it would seek during the MVA seat-sharing talks.</p>
<p>As to the candidate for the Baramati assembly seat, currently represented by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, the head of the rival NCP, Patil said Pawar senior would take the decision, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Anil Deshmukh, another senior <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/lok-sabha-elections-2024-voters-in-maharashtra-gave-out-message-that-atmosphere-in-state-changing-sharad-pawar-23354711" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">NCP (SP) leader</a>, said to a question that there was no "elder brother and younger brother" in the MVA. "All are equal," he said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>There was a lot of nervousness among the MLAs who are with the Ajit Pawar-led faction post the Lok Sabha results, and some of them were calling Patil and other NCP(SP) leaders, Deshmukh claimed. "Let's see what is to be done with them," he added, reported PTI.</p>
<p>While the NCP (SP) won eight Lok Sabha seats out of the 10 it contested, the Ajit Pawar-led faction won only one of the four seats it fought.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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