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NCP merger in final stages, leaders' roles to be clear soon: Maharashtra Minister makes big claim

A merger between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) appears to be in final stages and the rolls of various leaders would become clear soon, said Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Shirsat on Sunday. His remarks come days after NCP's Praful Patel met NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar in a Mumbai hospital, fueling speculations of a merger.