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Speculation about a possible alliance between estranged Thackeray cousins Raj and Uddhav has been triggered by a meeting between Sanjay Raut and Abhijit Panse. | Latest News India

Ajit Pawar's entry into Maharashtra's ruling coalition has generated great discomfort among the Shiv Sena MLAs supporting Eknath Shinde -- so much so that the Chief Minister has cancelled all his appointments today and called an urgent party meeting.

Ajit Pawars entry into Maharashtras ruling coalition has put Shiv Sena MLAs who back Eknath Shinde in a tough spot. The discomfort is so intense that the Chief Minister has decided to cancel all his scheduled engagements for today and has called for an urgent party gathering at his official residence.

Mumbai/IBNS: Rebel Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction leader Praful Patel Wednesday defended Ajit Pawar's decision to join the Eknath Shinde ministry, saying that he switched sides in the interest of the party, workers, and Maharashtra.

July 2022 put the power dice back in BJP’s circle. After Eknath Shinde walked out of the MVA, the NDA government was supported by 164 MLAs. A year later, after Ajit Pawar’s rebellion, it has the support of 194 MLAs

Alongside Gadkari’s infra development work, India desperately needs a Hindu-Muslim bridge building project which is more important than the brick-and-mortar work that the minister is doing.

Addressing press conference after joining the Shinde government, Ajit Pawar staked claim to the NCP party and its symbol. "The NCP has decided to joi

Raj and Uddhav have been at loggerheads since the fight between them aggravated in 2005 after the former deserted (then undivided) Shiv Sena following a cold war and formed MNS.

Shishir Shinde, who was earlier with the undivided Shiv Sena and with Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Nirman Sena (MNS), quit the Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray last month.

Incidentally, after the rebellion in June last year led to Shinde becoming chief minister, one of the reasons they gave for breaking away from Uddhav Thackeray was the dominance of the NCP in the Maha Vikas Agahdi government.