Thackeray-Pawar meeting positive; they discussed political developments: Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar discussed political developments in Maharashtra and the country during their meeting a day before which he termed as positiveThackeray had visited Pawars residence in south Mumbai on Tuesday late eveningTalking to reporters Raut said Congress general secretary K C Venugopal has sought Thackerays time for a meeting He said Venugopal will meet Thackeray as a representative of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the priority is to maintain the Opposition unityThe possible meeting between Thackeray and Venugopal will be held amid strained ties between Congress and Shiv Sena UBT after Rahul Gandhis remarks on late Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar which were objected to by ThackerayA long and important meeting took place Discussions took place on political developments in Maharashtra and the nation and changing the direction of the future It was a positive meeting Raut said when asked about the meeting between Pawar and ThackerayAlso Read Opposition firm on demand for probe against Adani companies Sanjay RautThe two leaders met against the backdrop of Pawars stand which was at variance with Congress and other Opposition parties visavis their demand for a joint parliamentary committee JPC probe into allegations against the Adani GroupIn an interview with a Marathi news channel which was telecast on Tuesday Pawar said Thackeray had quit as chief minister in June 2022 without consulting the constituents of Maha Vikas Aghadi which includes Shiv Sena UBT NCP and CongressRaut also said the Shiv Sena UBT was firm on its demand that those who insulted Bal Thackeray should have no place in the state Cabinet a reference to BJP leader and minister Chandrakant Patils remarks that not a single worker of Shiv Sena was near the Babri Masjid when it was demolishedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever