Devendra Fadnavis meets PM Modi amid deadlock over Maharashtra cabinet

By our Special Correspondent

Nearly three weeks since winning majority in the Maharashtra assembly elections, the Mahayuti alliance is yet to divide the cabinet portfolios among the three alliance partners - BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP. Days after Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday. The meeting comes amid the three parties requesting the intervention of central BJP leaders to address remaining contentious issue.