Mumbai, Nov. 13 -- Senior Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader and Minister of Social Justice Sanjay Shirsat hinted about a "third group" arising from both the NCPs.

"How is any merger possible in a party where the leaders are tearing off each other's clothes? Instead of the two NCPs coming together, will a new third group emerge from it?" Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader and Minister of Social Justice Sanjay Shirsat told media persons.

Shirsat said that the possibility of a new third NCP being formed through the so-called merger talks between the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and the Deputy CM Sunetra Anit Pawar-led NCP cannot be ruled out, adding that there is an internal struggle going on in both the NCPs.

This statement by Sanjay Shirsat infu...