24 December,2025 03:00 PM IST | Pune | mid-day online correspondent
Supriya Sule. File pic
NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule said on Wednesday that her party won't forge an alliance with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP for the Pune civic polls. She further added that NCP (SP) and NCP won't align together until all the doubts and apprehensions of her party workers are addressed.
While speaking to the media on Wednesday, NCP (SP) MP Sule said that they are in touch with the NCP, and potential repercussions will also be deliberated upon if both NCP groups decide to join hands.
About her party's city unit president, Prashant Jagtap's disappointment over the possible tie-up with Ajit Pawar's NCP for the January 15 corporation elections in Pune, NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule said that she spoke to him at length and understood his apprehensions.
Sule said she assured Jagtap that no ideology or party policy would be compromised if "we join hands with the NCP," as cited by news agency PTI.
"Jagtap's concerns were valid. His questions are absolutely valid," the NCP (SP) MP added.
Supriya Sule, while referring to past political developments, recalled that her NCP (SP) chief, Sharad Pawar, was forced out of the Congress after he raised the issue of Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, following which the NCP was formed.
She also added, "Later, Sonia Gandhi showed political magnanimity and came to Pawar Saheb, offering him to join the UPA government," as cited by news agency PTI.
While addressing the party's ideologies, Supriya Sule said, "Politics has its ups and downs. No ideology or party policy will be compromised if we join hands with the NCP. I have given all these assurances. There is nothing lost in translation."
She further added that Jagtap is an important leader for their party and that she has explained the organisational structure to him.
She further claimed that no alliance has been finalised yet for the civic polls.
Sule emphasised, "These are only discussions. In any strong democracy, dialogue and discussion are important."
Highlighting that she has not spoken to Ajit Pawar, who is also Maharashtra's deputy chief minister and her cousin, yet, she said, "I will speak to Ajit Dada only after listening to all party workers. I will not move ahead with any alliance until all doubts and apprehensions are addressed," as per PTI.
When asked about the discussions related to the alliance, she pointed out that there are discussions that if the alliance between both the NCP factions takes place, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP might insist that NCP (SP) contest on their 'clock' symbol.
Sule said that she has not received any such proposal, adding that it was obvious the NCP (SP) would contest on the 'tutari' symbol.
Elections to 29 civic corporations in the state, including the Pune Municipal Corporation, will be held on January 15, and votes will be counted the next day.
In the recently concluded municipal council and nagar panchayat elections in Maharashtra, the NCP secured 966 seats, compared to 256 by the NCP (SP).
(With inputs from PTI)
