India, Nov. 12 -- Amid speculation over a possible reunification of the two NCP factions and a series of meetings between leaders from both sides, NCP (SP) national working president Supriya Sule on Thursday categorically ruled out any ongoing merger talks, saying the issue had ended for her with the death of then NCP president and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash in Baramati on January 28.

Sule said she had neither received any merger proposal nor been approached by anyone on the matter.

She acknowledged that discussions on reunification had taken place when Ajit Pawar was alive. Still, she said his sudden demise and subsequent developments had brought the matter to an end from her side.

Her remarks came s...