Kumbh Mela invitation masks high-stakes power play in Delhi over cabinet portfolios as Maha leaders meet President

Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 21 (UNI) Beneath the official veneer of inviting the national leadership to a historic religious festival, Maharashtra's ruling triumvirate arrived in the national capital on Wednesday to address intense coalition friction over the state's unallocated cabinet portfolios, particularly the lucrative finance ministry. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, traveled to Rashtrapati Bhavan to formally invite President Droupadi Murmu to the upcoming Simhastha Kumbh Mela flag-hoisting ceremony in Nashik. However, political circles here view the high-profile religious outreach as strategic cover for closed-door bargaining over power-sharing structures within the Mahayuti…