India, Nov. 15 -- For the second time in a span of three days, Supriya Sule, national working president of the NCP (SP) quelled speculation about a possible merger with the rival NCP, led by deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar. At a media interaction on Saturday at Silver Oak, her residence in Mumbai, she declared that she was "putting a full stop" to discussions of reunification.

"I am repeating this for the last time - I am bored of this issue. We had discussions with Ajit Dada on the merger, but after his death we never made any statement on the matter," she said.

When asked if the discussions with Ajit Pawar had involved the NCP joining the Opposition or whether NCP (SP) would join the government, Sule refused to divulge details. "M...