Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout a gathering with a delegation of Nationalist Congress Get together (Sharadchandra Pawar) MPs led by occasion working president Supriya Sule in New Delhi on August 10, 2026.
| Photograph Credit score: X/@anandprakash7 by way of PTI
The assembly between Nationalist Congress Get together-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) MPs and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (August 10, 2026) triggered recent hypothesis a couple of attainable shift within the Sharad Pawar-led NCP’s place on delimitation.
The occasion’s working president, Supriya Sule, nevertheless, claimed the delegation had mentioned points regarding Maharashtra. “We’ve mentioned Maharashtra points,” Ms. Sule mentioned after the assembly.
All eight NCP(SP) Lok Sabha MPs, led by Ms. Sule, met Mr. Modi on the Prime Minister’s Workplace in Parliament.
The assembly, which lasted round 15-20 minutes, got here amid uncertainty over the proposed delimitation train and hypothesis that the NCP could change its place and assist the Invoice.
In Mumbai, occasion spokesperson Mahesh Tapase sought to dispel hypothesis that the assembly had any political significance or was linked to delimitation. The delegation had raised constituency-specific points, together with drought, onion costs, and air pollution within the Chandrabhaga river, Mr. Tapase mentioned.
The occasion’s place on delimitation can be determined solely after the federal government launched a Invoice in Parliament, he mentioned. “There isn’t any proposal or dialogue on delimitation in Parliament right this moment. First, the Invoice ought to come,” he mentioned, including that the difficulty would then be mentioned throughout the Indian Nationwide Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc.
On July 22, 2026, Mr. Pawar and Ms. Sule had met the Prime Minister. Following that assembly, Mr. Pawar had mentioned they mentioned college students’ calls for over the Nationwide Eligibility cum Entrance Check (NEET) paper leak, farmers’ points, water administration, and training.
“The Honourable Prime Minister gave assurances of constructive and concrete measures on all these points,” Mr. Pawar had mentioned after the assembly, in a submit on social media platform X.
(With inputs from PTI.)
Printed – August 10, 2026 07:32 pm IST
