Neha PuravMumbai, July 8 -- Veteran politician Sharad Pawar never ceases to surprise political pundits.

In a development that has sent ripples through Maharashtra's political circles, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar held a meeting with his party's MLAs inside the office of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at the Vidhan Bhavan on Wednesday.

The meeting, which took place following official high-level panel discussions on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute, has ignited intense speculation regarding shifting political alliances.

While Pawar's presence at the Vidhan Bhavan for the inter-state dispute committee meeting was official, his choice to conduct a party-specific conclave in the Deputy CM's office-and ...