At loggerheads with the Maharashtra government over various issues, Governor Bhagat Sing Koshyari invited the architect of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Sharad Pawar to the Raj Bhavan on Monday. The details of the meeting remained well-guarded as NCP said it was a non-political event and Raj Bhavan was unwilling to spill the beans.

However, Pawar's maiden visit to Koshyari led to several speculations about a purposeful meeting. A political observer said that one aim could be to tell Pawar to intervene and correct the course of the pandemic and the lockdown exit plan, which Pawar wants to be more liberal as opposed to the chief minister. The other intention could be to convey a conditional rapprochement with the Sena-led government, he said.