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Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second time in five days on Saturday, amid rumours of increasing uneasiness in his Shiv Sena party since the induction of Ajit Pawar's NCP faction into the government...
His latest visit comes also in the backdrop of a buzz that the BJP may prop up Ajit Pawar as the chief minister..
On Friday night, Amol Mitkari, a legislative council member who is close to Ajit Pawar and is the spokesperson of the faction, tweeted that the NCP leader would take oath as the CM very soon...
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