Team Shinde Dismisses Pushback Buzz Over Ajit Pawar, Says "All Is Well"

Ajit Pawar's entry into Maharashtra's ruling coalition has generated great discomfort among the Shiv Sena MLAs supporting Eknath Shinde -- so much so that the Chief Minister cancelled all his appointments and called an urgent party meeting at his official residence this evening. Sources said the MLAs are objecting to the alliance, pointing out that Sena founder Bal Thackeray would never have associated with the Nationalist Congress Party.