In Squabble Over Minister Berths, Ajit Pawar, Eknath Shinde's Waiting Game | Read
The problems and perils of running a coalition government were highlighted Monday morning by a squabble between the BJP and its Maharashtra allies - the Shiv Sena unit led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's NCP faction. A staggering 71 MPs - the vast majority from the BJP and a handful from allied parties, including 'kingmakers' N Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JDU - were sworn in Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for a record third time.
