New Delhi. NCP chief Sharad Pawar met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde today amidst political upheaval in Maharashtra politics. This meeting has taken place at a time when Uddhav Thackeray has suffered a major setback from the Supreme Court in the past. In fact, the Uddhav faction had demanded from the court to send the matter to a larger bench to resolve the ongoing political tussle in the Maharashtra government, but the court rejected this demand. Along with this, the Shinde government was given constitutional recognition. Which was said to be a big blow to the Eknath Shinde faction. Now, in such a situation, many meanings are being extracted from the meeting of NCP chief Sharad Pawar with Shinde. It should be noted that in the past Sharad Pawar had resigned from the post of NCP chief, but after much persuasion, he took back his resignation. Actually, he had resigned citing his advanced age. After which NCP workers made an emotional appeal to him. After his resignation, it was believed that the command of NCP could be given to either Ajit Pawar or Supriya Sule, but if political experts are to be believed, the discussion about Supriya Sule’s name was at its peak in this race, because Ajit Pawar During the interaction with the media, he had already made it clear that he is not at all interested in the post of NCP chief.
#WATCH , NCP President Sharad Pawar meets Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde at the latter’s official residence in Mumbai
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But, the tide turned later when Sharad Pawar took back his decision to resign. Along with this, he said in his statement that the emotional appeal of NCP workers has forced him to withdraw his resignation. On the other hand, after his resignation, it was believed that the Mahavikas Aghadi alliance could be affected, but later Uddhav Thackeray made it clear that Sharad Pawar’s resignation had nothing to do with the alliance. The alliance is absolutely safe, but now the way Sharad Pawar has met CM Shinde, many political implications are being extracted from it. It should be noted that in the year 2022, Eknath Shinde had taken a rebellious attitude against the then Uddhav government. After which the Uddhav government was reduced to a minority. The result was that Uddhav Thackeray had to resign from the post of Chief Minister.
After his resignation, Eknath Shinde became the chief minister. Note that Uddhav Thackeray had formed the government riding on the boat of alliance with NCP, Congress. Due to which Eknath Shinde had opened a front against Uddhav. As a result of which he had to lose the Chief Minister’s chair. In fact, in the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections, the Shiv Sena had decided that it would form a government with the BJP, but after the elections were over, the two parties were at loggerheads over the post of CM, after which Uddhav Thackeray compromised with his Hindutva ideology. Joined hands with Congress and NCP to form government. In this way, Uddhav Thackeray went on to sit on the CM’s chair, but sadly could not complete his innings. However, now what will be the outcome of the meeting between CM Shinde and Sharad Pawar in the coming days. Everyone’s eyes will be fixed on this.