Bickering allies Amit Shah, Uddhav Thackeray to meet tomorrow
Days after the bickering allies contested the Palghar by-poll separately, BJP chief Amit Shah will meet Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence in Mumbai tomorrow. It is being seen as an attempt by the BJP to reach out the Sena which has openly criticized senior BJP leaders. "Tomorrow evening's appointment has been given to him (Shah)," Sena MP Sanjay Raut said.
We showed that we can fight alone: Raut
MP Sanjay Raut, however, questioned the need for Amit Shah to meet Thackeray after a gap of four years. "We showed that we can fight alone when we contested the Palghar by-poll. We may have lost, however, the message has been sent across. We received lakhs of votes where (in Palghar) we had never contested an election," Raut pointed out.
No alliance with the BJP
There was a grudge against the BJP, thus the party might have started a reconciliatory measure, Raut said. Raut added their party chief Thackeray had taken a call on not forging an alliance after due considerations. "This decision was taken keeping people's sentiments in mind. I don't think there will be any change in this stand," the Rajya Sabha member said.
