Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar today said he was open to idea of forging a united front with parties that were once part of Congress to take on the saffron alliance of BJP and Shiv Sena, but not at the cost of party's identity.

"If such a proposal to bring all parties of progressive ideologies to fight the Sena-BJP comes up, we will give it a serious thought. But it does not mean giving up our own identity," Pawar told reporters when asked if bringing together parties that were once part of Congress is possible on the lines of merger of Janata Pariwar parties.