Two days ago, NCP supremo and federal Agriculture
Minister Sharad Pawar had slammed the two senior ministers -- Home Minister
R.R. Patil and Rural Development Minister Jayant Patil -- both hailing from
Sangli asking them to fall in line with party discipline and end the
infighting.
There was jubilation among NCP party workers when both
the warring Patils offered each other dates at iftar and embraced each other
marking a truce.
Before proceeding for the iftar party, both the
ministers first met and talked at the government guest house and then drove
together in the home minister's car to the party.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to cool tempers between the
leaders of the Congress and NCP on some issues the NCP supremo asked his party
workers and leaders to work out an alliance with the Congress for the coming
local body polls.
