On Wednesday (July 19), Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar met with Shiv Sena president and Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) faction leader Uddhav Thackeray in his office. Uddhav Thackeray was seen in a Twitter video meeting and greeting Ajit Pawar in the Maharashtra assembly, when he presented Pawar with a bouquet of flowers. Aaditya Thackeray, Uddhav’s son, also attended the gathering.
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From 2019 through 2022, Uddhav Thackeray and Ajit Pawar served as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, respectively, as members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi. Political developments in Maharashtra have led to Uddhav joining the opposition while Ajit has joined forces with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP. Shinde led a rebellion and broke away with the majority of Shiv Sena MLAs and MPs.Uddhav reported that during the meeting, he urged Ajit Pawar to serve the state’s interests and address the problems confronted by farmers and other residents. I pleaded with him (Ajit Pawar) to make sure that, among all the political upheaval, essential concerns were not forgotten.
Uddhav added that he is familiar with Ajit Pawar’s character from their 2.5 years of working together in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra as chief minister and deputy chief minister, respectively (2019–2022).Uddhav told the press that the nation-loving and democracy-loving parties had a meeting and had joined together after the 26 opposition parties met in Bengaluru and ended their meeting on Tuesday (July 19). This battle is not against any specific individual or group, as I said yesterday. This war is against totalitarianism. According to Uddhav, the opposition parties have banded together to fight the dictatorship in India because “parties and presidents and prime ministers and chief ministers come and go, but what is happening in the country is dangerous.” This alliance goes by the acronym I.N.D.I.A., which stands for the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance.