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  • Sharad Pawar Invites Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar For Lunch, Sparks Speculations |

    PUNE: In a surprising move, Sharad Pawar, the influential leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has extended an invitation to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and his nephew Ajit Pawar, for lunch at his residence in Baramati on March 2.

    Invitation Amid Internal Rift Within NCP

    This invitation comes against the backdrop of internal turmoil within the NCP and strained relations between Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar, who had defected to join the Shiv Sena-BJP government last year.

    Trio Invited To Job Fair 

    The trio of Shinde, Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar are slated to attend a job fair, ‘Namo Maharojgar Melava’, at Vidya Pratishthan college in Baramati, triggering speculation about the underlying political motives behind Pawar’s gesture.

    Ajit Pawar’s Potential Next Move

    Additionally, there are murmurs of Ajit Pawar contemplating fielding a candidate for the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, currently represented by Sharad Pawar’s daughter, Supriya Sule.

    In the official invitation, dated February 28, Sharad Pawar, accompanied by Supriya Sule, expressed their desire to attend the event as parliamentarians. Furthermore, in his capacity as the president of Vidya Pratishthan, Pawar extended a warm welcome to the CM on the institution’s premises.

    Speculations Over Pawar’s Invitation

    The invitation for a meal at Pawar’s residence, ‘Govindbaug’, after the event raises questions about whether this gesture symbolizes a potential reconciliation or serves as a strategic political move amidst shifting alliances and power dynamics in Maharashtra politics.

  • Children Embody Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz After He Indicators Unfastened College Foods Into Regulation

    Children and oldsters in Minnesota gained’t have to fret about affording faculty foods due to a brand new legislation that promises unfastened faculty foods for all kids within the state.

    Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed the invoice into legislation Friday to cheers and hugs from one of the vital children who will take pleasure in this system.

    The brand new legislation supplies unfastened breakfast and lunch for all Okay-12 scholars, without reference to their folks’ source of revenue.

    “It’s a ancient, bipartisan win that implies no child will pass hungry in school — and that Minnesota is one step nearer to being the most efficient state within the nation to develop up,” Walz mentioned in a remark.

    The invoice drew the ire of Republican state Sen. Steve Drazkowski, who argued Tuesday that “starvation is a relative time period” in his opposition to feeding children.

    “I’ve but to satisfy an individual in Minnesota this is hungry,” Drazkowski mentioned at the Senate ground in St. Paul prior to vote casting towards the regulation. “I’ve but to satisfy an individual in Minnesota that claims they don’t have get right of entry to to sufficient meals to devour.”

    Drazkowski represents Wabasha County, the place greater than 8% of children lived in poverty in 2021, up from about 7% the former yr, in step with the Federal Reserve of Financial Knowledge.

    Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan spoke about her personal stories rising up with meals lack of confidence in a rebuke towards Drazkowski.

    “To our decision-makers who imagine they have got by no means met somebody who’s experiencing or has skilled starvation — Hello, my identify is Peggy Flanagan, and I used to be one in six of the ones Minnesota kids who skilled starvation,” she mentioned.

    Minnesota now joins different states, together with Maine, California and Colorado, in giving unfastened foods to children.