A closed-door meeting between Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and the sons of late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Ajit Pawar — Parth and Jay— was held in Baramati on Wednesday, PTI sources said.

The meeting took place at Vidya Pratishthan, an educational institute in the Pawar family’s hometown of Baramati, and lasted around one-and-a-half hours. There was no official word on the agenda, though PTI sources indicated the discussions may have focused on the possible merger of the two NCP factions and the upcoming zilla parishad elections in Maharashtra.