India, May 19 -- Amid upheaval within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) over internal factionalism, the party's Maharashtra president Sunil Tatkare met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence late Monday evening. The meeting came two days after NCP Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar also met the chief minister and reportedly discussed the party's internal differences.

Tatkare reached Varsha, the chief minister's official residence, around 10pm on Monday, and the leaders are believed to have discussed the internal rift within the NCP.

The rift spilled into the public domain on May 11, when the Election Commission of India (ECI) uploaded a list of the revised national working committee members and office-bearers of the NCP. ...