NCP rubbishes speculation of BJP-NCP pact

But the government should be stable. A stable and good government is good for the country,” he said.  

NCP is the second largest constituent of the UPA after Congress and the two parties are sharing power in Maharashtra since 1999 few months after Pawar parted ways with Congress on the issue of foreign origin of Sonia Gandhi.  

The two parties are sharing power at the Centre since May 2004.

Union Minister and NCP leader Tariq Anwar spoke in a similar vein.

“We have ideological differences with the BJP. How can we go with them?

We are part and parcel of the UPA and will remain so”, he said.