India, April 4 -- After a turbulent period marked by a power struggle between Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the BJP leadership appears to have brokered a truce. A sign of this thaw is an order issued by the state government, directing all its administrative departments to route their files through both the deputy chief ministers - Ajit Pawar as well as Shinde - before they reach Fadnavis.

Two weeks ago, chief secretary Sujata Saunik issued an order revising a July 2023 directive issued under the previous Mahayuti alliance government headed by Shinde. The original order mandated that files relating to subjects listed in the second schedule be routed through deputy chief minister and finance mini...