Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary Pankaja Munde shared the dais with her estranged cousin, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Dhananjay Munde on Tuesday during a government programme as Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, attempting to reconcile the cousins, exhorted them to remain united and work together for the development of Beed district and the State.
Ms. Munde, the daughter of late BJP stalwart Gopinath Munde, shared the staged with Dhananjay Munde, who is the State’s Agriculture Minister and the Guardian Minister of Beed, at a jam-packed event of the ‘Government at your Doorstop’ programme in Parli. The event saw CM Shinde, Deputy CM and rebel NCP leader Ajit Pawar, and Mr. Fadnavis come together on one stage.
Mr. Dhananjay owes allegiance to the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP.