In a rare gesture that bonds the Opposition and ruling parties, in a pleasant change from the fights in the Legislature, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde offered the Opposition leader in the Assembly, Ajit Pawar, to fly on the state government aircraft from Nagpur to Mumbai on Wednesday.

According to information, Pawar was supposed to fly on a commercial airliner on Wednesday morning. He requested Shinde to postpone the business advisory meeting (that decides the proceedings of the legislature) because it clashed with his flight schedule. However, Shinde convinced Pawar to stay back for the meeting and offered him a flight on the state aircraft that is exclusively used by the CM and the governor Pawar accepted.