Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar Meet Amid Maharashtra Turmoil | Read

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray met with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar at an undisclosed location in Mumbai to discuss getting together to form government in Maharashtra. The meeting took place after the Sena's only minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, Arvind Sawant, resigned, signaling the party's severing of ties with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after a dragging dispute over power sharing. The Sena's decision to pull out its only minister in the central government meets a key condition of the NCP to discuss an alliance in Maharashtra. After weeks of turmoil, the state appeared to tilt towards a Shiv Sena-led government with NCP and Congress leaders discussing their options.