Mumbai, July 16 -- union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said that Sharad Pawar and his NCP will be welcomed to the NDA, if he joins the BJP-led ruling alliance.
"There is no problem regarding Sharad Pawar joining the NDA even now. If he decides today, eight of his MPs can join the NDA. Time has not passed yet. Pawar could still take a decision. We will welcome him to the NDA and benefit from his experience," Ramdas Athawale told media persons at a press conference in Nanded.
Athawale's statement came exactly a day after Sharad Pawar-led NCP's National Working President Supriya Sule vehemently denied on Wednesday in Mumbai that her party had any plans to join the NDA and insisted that her p...