<p>Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, whose son has joined the BJP, shared a dais with Sharad Pawar at a function here on Wednesday and said later that he was still with the Nationalist Congress Party.</p>.<p>Former Congress leader Harshvardhan Patil, who switched loyalty to the BJP ahead of the Assembly elections in October, also shared a dais with Pawar.</p>.<p>The occasion -- an annual general meeting of the Vasantdada Sugar Institute -- also saw Patil sitting next to his arch-rival and NCP leader Ajit Pawar and chatting with him.</p>.<p>Mohite Patil, Harshvardhan Patil and Sharad Pawar, who is the chairman of the research institute, were also seen engaged in an animated chat.</p>.<p>Asked by reporters later about his discussion with Sharad Pawar, Mohite Patil said he had met the NCP chief two or three times after the Lok Sabha elections in April.</p>.<p>"I have not gone anywhere else...my son has gone there (to the BJP)," Mohite Patil told reporters when asked if he himself was still with the NCP.</p>.<p>On his chat with Ajit Pawar, Harshvardhan Patil said they did not discuss politics.</p>.<p>"We had a discussion on agriculture-related issues," he said.</p>.<p>Mohite Patil's son Ranjitsinh joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls this year. It is said to have soured the senior leader's ties with Pawar.</p>.<p>Harshvardhan Patil joined the BJP just ahead of the October 21 Assembly polls. He lost to NCP's Dattatray Bharne from Indapur in Pune district.</p>.<p>Patil and the Pawars, whose bastion Baramati is next to Indapur, have always been bitter rivals.</p>
<p>Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, whose son has joined the BJP, shared a dais with Sharad Pawar at a function here on Wednesday and said later that he was still with the Nationalist Congress Party.</p>.<p>Former Congress leader Harshvardhan Patil, who switched loyalty to the BJP ahead of the Assembly elections in October, also shared a dais with Pawar.</p>.<p>The occasion -- an annual general meeting of the Vasantdada Sugar Institute -- also saw Patil sitting next to his arch-rival and NCP leader Ajit Pawar and chatting with him.</p>.<p>Mohite Patil, Harshvardhan Patil and Sharad Pawar, who is the chairman of the research institute, were also seen engaged in an animated chat.</p>.<p>Asked by reporters later about his discussion with Sharad Pawar, Mohite Patil said he had met the NCP chief two or three times after the Lok Sabha elections in April.</p>.<p>"I have not gone anywhere else...my son has gone there (to the BJP)," Mohite Patil told reporters when asked if he himself was still with the NCP.</p>.<p>On his chat with Ajit Pawar, Harshvardhan Patil said they did not discuss politics.</p>.<p>"We had a discussion on agriculture-related issues," he said.</p>.<p>Mohite Patil's son Ranjitsinh joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls this year. It is said to have soured the senior leader's ties with Pawar.</p>.<p>Harshvardhan Patil joined the BJP just ahead of the October 21 Assembly polls. He lost to NCP's Dattatray Bharne from Indapur in Pune district.</p>.<p>Patil and the Pawars, whose bastion Baramati is next to Indapur, have always been bitter rivals.</p>