# Fadnavis holds first Mahayuti panel meet, discusses posts and funds 2026-08-25T00:24:22+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis chaired the first coordination committee meeting of Mahayuti allies at his official residence on Monday evening. Deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, along with other ministers and senior leaders, attended the meeting and a dinner that followed. The panel discussed appointments to state-run corporations, which sources said will be announced in the next fortnight. A formula was also settled for District Planning Committee funds, a long-standing point of friction: 70 percent will go directly to the local MLA, and 30 percent will be allocated by the guardian minister. Leaders were instructed to refrain from public criticism of coalition partners, sources added. ## Indian Opinion Analysis This meeting is the first formal step in managing power-sharing tensions between the BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) and NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) after the 2024 Maharashtra election. The quota of DPC funds, which MLAs use for local development, was a flashpoint in earlier alliances like the MVA government. The next fortnight will show whether the 70-30 formula and the gag order on public criticism hold, or whether factional jostling over corporation posts reopens old cracks before the cabinet expansion. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Straight event reporting with sources, no discernible slant This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra, Mahayuti, Sunetra Pawar Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/fadnavis-holds-first-mahayuti-panel-meet-discusses-posts-and-funds/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/fadnavis-holds-first-mahayuti-panel-meet-discusses-posts-and-funds/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/