Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday expressed confidence that NCP founder Sharad Pawar will one day support Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his vision to make India strong and self-reliant, reported the PTI.

The BJP leader was speaking to reporters at Nagpur airport in Maharashtra in response to a query on the recent meeting between Sharad Pawar and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who joined the Eknath Shinde-led government along with eight Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs last month.