The meeting becomes significant in view of the fact that NCP has been publically expressing its discomfiture with Congress, of late. Some political commentators have also termed it as usual muscle flexing on part of NCP before its crucial seat sharing talks between Congress for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Meanwhile Sharad Pawar has denied any secret meeting with Modi. In fact, he has said that barring official meetings, he never met Modi in last one year.
Reacting to the newspaper report, Pawar tweeted, “News of my meeting with Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Jan 17 appeared in a news paper is completely mischchievous, baseless & false.
