India, May 12 -- Amid speculation of a rift between NCP president and deputy CM Sunetra Pawar and the party's Maharashtra unit chief Sunil Tatkare, the former on Monday toured Raigad district, where she inaugurated a series of development projects on Tatkare's invitation. The programmes were organised in Tatkare's hometown and assembly constituency of his daughter, state minister Aditi Tatkare.

During her address, Sunetra said that after the late NCP leader Ajit Pawar, she had now been invited to preside over development programmes in the region, expressing confidence that this tradition would continue in the future. In a symbolic gesture underscoring that she was burying their hatchet with Tatkare, she also referred to Aditi as her "dau...