Maharashtra government deal sealed at 6 Janpath amid hectic parleys

New Delhi: Amid political uncertainty in Maharashtra, even 21 days after the Assembly election results were declared on October 24, the final deal between the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Shiv Sena was sealed at 6 Janpath, residence of Sharad Pawar, which is just 100 meters from Sonia Gandhi’s residence, after a several rounds of parleys between the leaders on Wednesday. The series of meetings begun with the first at the Congress headquarters at 4.30 p.m. when senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and K.C. Venugopal had a detailed discussion with former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Balasaheb Throat and Arif Naseem Khan. After discussing the proposal, then went to see Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi at her residence at 5 p.m. (IANS)

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