The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) has issued a clarification regarding a news item on the alleged “NDPP-NPF merger under ‘Cock’ symbol,” published on September 5 in a local daily.
“The NDPP hereby clarifies that this proposal was brought forward to the President and the Party only on the 2nd of September, 2025,” the statement issued by the NDPP Media & Communication Committee said. It added that “the Party is yet to meet and discuss this and therefore, the NDPP till date has under no equivocal terms ‘cleared the decks to effect the merger’.”
Stating that the NDPP is “a political party, registered and recognized by the Election Commission of India (ECI),” the release said it is “governed by the Party Constitution and the process of democracy.”
“Therefore, since the proposal was made only recently, a meeting of the Central Executive Board (CEB) of the NDPP will be convened soon, where the matter will be discussed and taken forward democratically as mandated under the NDPP Constitution,” it said.
The party further requested that “till such time an official decision of the NDPP is issued, all speculations and doubts be kindly laid to rest.”
