While he is attempting to dislodge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Maharashtra by getting his party and the Congress to side with Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar fuelled speculations by seeking appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday afternoon. The two are expected to meet within a few hours in New Delhi.

Pawar has got his major ally Congress to talk terms with the Sena to form a government in the state that has been put under the President's Rule because the pre-poll allies – BJP and Sena – could not reach undertaking for post-poll coalition. Sena wants the CM's post, which the new formation of three parties could make available.