Overview

• Dhananjay Munde held talks with NCP head and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar in South Mumbai.
• He met some state ministers at the Sahyadri guest house in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to discuss development work in his Parli constituency.
• These interactions have fueled speculation within the NCP that Munde could be reinducted into the state cabinet once all inquiries conclude.
• A special MCOCA court rejected the discharge plea of accused aide Walmik Karad and scheduled the next hearing for August 4.
• Munde had resigned as Maharashtra's agriculture minister in March after protests over Karad's arrest in the December murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.