While the high-level meeting triggered rumors of the two NCP factions merging to consolidate the NDA, sources firmly dismissed any speculation of a reunification. Amidst continuous denial by both the factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of reunification, efforts are on to bring the two factions together and join the NDA umbrella with. Development comes a day after NCP (Sharad Pawar) joined INDIA bloc protest in the national.