On Wednesday, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray met his former ally and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at Vidhan Bhavan. This marked their first encounter since Mr. Pawar led a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and joined hands with the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government to become the Deputy Chief Minister.
Mr. Thackeray, a member of the State Legislative Council, attended the house proceedings, just a day after participating in a key meeting with the Opposition parties in Bengaluru, while Mr. Pawar took part in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance meeting in New Delhi. It was also Mr. Thackeray’s first visit to the Council after the deputy chairperson and his former colleague, Neelam Gorhe, joined Mr. Shinde’s Shiv Sena.
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