Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sunil Tatkare on Monday said the party, under the late Ajit Pawar’s leadership, had taken a collective decision to join the BJP-led NDA and would continue with the alliance. According to the news agency PTI, he said that those talking about a merger between the two NCP factions must clarify their stand on the issue.

“There should be clarity on which party is merging with which,” Tatkare told reporters in Karad, located in Maharashtra’s Satara district.