This was the first meeting between Sharad and the group-led by Ajit Pawar after he rebelled against his uncle and joined the Eknath Shinde government on July 2.
The meeting also comes a day ahead of the commencement of the monsoon session of the Maharashtra assembly.
‘Came without appointment’
“We all came here to seek the blessings of respected Sharad Pawar today. We came here without asking for any appointment. We requested Pawar sahib that NCP should stay united. On this, Sharad Pawar did not give any reaction,” Praful Patel told reporters after the meeting.
NCP ministers Hasan Mushrif, Aditi Tatkare and Dilip Walse Patil also attended the meeting.
Sources from the Sharad Pawar camp said NCP state president Jayant Patil and party leader Jitendra Awhad were with Sharad during the talks.
On Friday, Ajit Pawar had visited Silver Oak, the official residence of the NCP supremo, to meet the latter’s wife Pratibha Pawar after she underwent a surgery at a hospital here.
Ajit Pawar is known to be close to his aunt Pratibha. In 2019, she reportedly played a crucial role in bringing him back to the NCP fold after he and Devendra Fadnavis formed a short-lived government after the Assembly polls.
(With inputs from agencies)