Shinde stole the show but…
Hindustan TimesAs the Manoj Jarange Patil-led Maratha march ended following some promises by the government, it was an Eknath Shinde show all the way. While chief minister Shinde’s aides and some officials negotiated with the activist and worked out a middle ground to end his march to Mumbai, his two deputy chief ministers, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, were nowhere to be seen. Navi Mumbai, India - Jan. 27, 2024:Maratha Quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil ends protest after Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Government accepts all demands at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk Vashi, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Union minister and senior BJP leader Narayan Rane who headed the Congress-NCP government’s panel on Maratha reservation when it was given for the first time in 2014, expressed his opposition to the decision taken by the state government. In the party’s conclave at Nashik recently, senior Shiv Sena leader Bhaskar Jadhav made a forceful appeal for Rashmi, wife of party chief Uddhav Thackeray, to step out and campaign for the party.