As Supriya Sule categorically rejected reports of an NDA switch, sources say six of the NCP (SP)'s 10 Lok Sabha MPs and nine of its 10 MLAs favour joining hands with the BJP.
Terming Centre's silence as "cruel", CJP's Dipke questioned why PM Modi was refusing to engage in dialogue and why Education Minister Pradhan had still not been held accountable.
The first phase of the SIR detected 19.04 lakh discrepancies across the state, ranging from improbable family age gaps and spelling errors to multiple voters linked to the same head of family.
