India, July 23 -- NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and the party's working president Supriya Sule met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his parliament office in New Delhi on Wednesday morning.

The meeting comes amid discussions over a proposed merger between the NCP (SP) and the NCP led by deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar. It also took place a day after Sharad Pawar met protesting students at Jantar Mantar, while Sule joined the Congress-led protest outside the prime minister's official residence in New Delhi.

"I met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence today to discuss several pressing issues, including the students' protest, the inappropriate treatment meted out to students by the police during the agitation, the cri...