As Shiv Sena Sends Feelers, Sharad Pawar To Meet Sonia Gandhi | Read

NCP chief Sharad Pawar is to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Monday, as the stand-off between the BJP and the Shiv Sena over government formation in Maharashtra continues. Officially the two leaders will talk about the condition of the country's economy, but speculation suggests they will discuss the possibility of supporting the Sena in an attempt to keep the BJP from power. Mr Pawar, 78, who will meet his party MLAs in Mumbai today before leaving for Delhi on Sunday, has sought to play down the importance of the meeting, saying that political parties were allowed to speak to each other without involving either the BJP or the Sena.