New Delhi: Eight MPs of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP (SP)) led by the party’s working president Supriya Sule met prime minister Narendra Modi at his at his Parliament House office on Monday, reported Indian Express.However, after the meeting which lasted around 25 minutes, Sule told reporters that the visit was not political.“Since Parliamentary proceedings are not running smoothly, it was necessary to bring the pending issues of the public and our constituencies directly to the Prime Minister’s attention,” said Sule.The meeting of the NCP (SP) MPs with the prime minister has once again resulted in speculations about whether the party will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).NCP (SP) MP from Shirur Amol Kolhe said that the MPs raised issues relating to pending infrastructure projects, farmers, healthcare and constituency-specific concerns.He added that at the beginning of the meeting, PM Modi enquired with Sule about the health of NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar and later also spoke about Pawar’s political journey and working style.The Indian Express report added that the issues raised by the MPs included the drought situation in Beed, the release of water from Ujani dam into the Manjara dam as a relief measure for the district and the demand to increase the quota of financial assistance available to MPs under the PM CARES Fund for treatment of serious illnesses.The NCP (SP) MPs also raised the issue pertaining to the conferment of the Bharat Ratna on social reformers Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule, Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe and Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj.