<p>Warring allies Congress and NCP on Wednesday agreed to bury the hatchet and constitute a coordination committee within the UPA coalition as well as in Maharashtra, to thrash out differences.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The decision was taken at a meeting attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar and party leader Praful Patel.<br /><br />The coordination committee of the UPA will be headed by Gandhi. In Maharashtra, where Congress and NCP share power, it would comprise of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan (Cong), a Congress leader nominated by the party high command, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (NCP) and Patel.<br /><br />The panels would meet often and settle differences, if any, and give a thrust to larger policy issues. With this agreement, the week-long tussle between the two coalition partners has come to an end. “The co-ordination mechanism will ensure cohesive functioning of the coalition,” Patel briefed reporters.<br /></p>
<p>Warring allies Congress and NCP on Wednesday agreed to bury the hatchet and constitute a coordination committee within the UPA coalition as well as in Maharashtra, to thrash out differences.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The decision was taken at a meeting attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar and party leader Praful Patel.<br /><br />The coordination committee of the UPA will be headed by Gandhi. In Maharashtra, where Congress and NCP share power, it would comprise of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan (Cong), a Congress leader nominated by the party high command, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (NCP) and Patel.<br /><br />The panels would meet often and settle differences, if any, and give a thrust to larger policy issues. With this agreement, the week-long tussle between the two coalition partners has come to an end. “The co-ordination mechanism will ensure cohesive functioning of the coalition,” Patel briefed reporters.<br /></p>
