No want to offer political angle to Raj Thackeray-Devendra Fadnavis assembly: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday (August 21, 2025) downplayed the assembly between MNS president Raj Thackeray and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, saying that sustaining communication is a practice within the State.

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Talking to reporters in Wardha, Mr. Pawar mentioned, “Many leaders meet each other in addition to with the Chief Minister, no matter whether or not they’re in energy or not. Maintaining communication with one another is the custom of the State. There isn’t any want to offer a political angle to this assembly.” Earlier, Raj Thackeray met Mr. Fadnavis on the latter’s official bungalow ‘Varsha’ in south Mumbai, prompting hypothesis within the State’s political circles.

The assembly got here after the primary joint contest by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) within the BEST Employees’ Co-operative Credit Society elections resulted in a humiliating defeat on Wednesday (August 20, 2025). The two events’ joint panel did not win any of the 21 seats within the polls.

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Mr. Fadnavis had on Wednesday (August 20, 2025) accused the 2 events of politicising the credit score society polls across the “Thackeray model.”

There have been talks of a potential alliance between the Sena (UBT) and the MNS for the forthcoming native physique polls within the State, significantly after the Thackeray cousins shared a political stage final month on the problem of Marathi id and “imposition” of the Hindi language within the State.