India, Feb. 27 -- In yet another instance of the thaw in relations between Shiv Sena (UBT) and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, the mouthpiece of the Uddhav Thackeray led party, Saamana, on Wednesday lauded the latter for rejecting the names proposed by Shiv Sena ministers for the post of their personal secretaries and officers on special duty.

"We congratulate CM Fadnavis for his clean-up drive to remove fixers working in the government during Eknath Shinde's tenure as chief minister," said an editorial in the Marathi daily.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) chief has made several overtures towards Fadnavis since the winter session of the state legislature in December 2024, bypassing years of bitterness owing to Thackeray breaking the alliance with...