Addressing a joint press conference after the meeting, Patnaik said, "Ours is a known friendship and we were colleagues many years ago. No discussion was held on any alliances today. Land in Puri is being given free of cost to the Bihar government to build a Bihar Bhawan there."
As part of his ongoing efforts to cobble up a grand Opposition alliance against the BJP at the Centre ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will visit Mumbai and hold meetings with senior Opposition leaders.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Nitesh Rane on Sunday described Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut as a "snake" and claimed that he will ditch Thackeray and join Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on June 10.
Speaking to media persons on Sunday, Pawar said the parents of several of these stranded students met him at his residence in Baramati, requesting his intervention in ensuring their rescue.
A day after withdrawing his decision to resign as the Nationalist Congress Party chief, Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that the u-turn was due to requests from "national-level leaders" and that it was not the right time to step aside.
Apart from his party workers, some opposition leaders including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin had also urged Pawar to reconsider his decision due to his role in forging opposition unity
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar welcomed NCP chief Sharad Pawar's decision to withdraw his resignation from the post of party president on Friday.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar, who withdrew his decision to quit as party chief on Friday, also refuted speculations of a rift in the NCP. However, Pawar also said that if anybody wants to leave, nobody can stop them.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has withdrawn his decision to quit as party chief after NCP's committee passed a resolution rejecting Sharad Pawar's resignation and has requested him to continue to lead the party that he founded.
While talking to ANI, Patole said, "The financial hub in Mumbai is transferred to Gujarat. Our business activities are also being transferred to Gujarat. The main hub of the stock exchange is being taken to Gujarat. Centre is trying to weaken Mumbai financially. Centre is trying to destroy n