Raj Thackeray holds back-to-back meetings with BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Tuesday.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday. Thackeray, who arrived here on Monday, was joined by BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde when he met Shah.
‘I was told to come to Delhi and I came. Let’s see’, said Thackeray. However, he did not speak to the media after the meeting, According to the media sources, MNS is demanding three seats- South Mumbai, Shirdi and Nashik, to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Raj Thackeray and BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde were seen leaving from the residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi after the meeting.
The meetings between Raj Thackeray and BJP’s central leadership indicate that the BJP is looking to ally with him for the Lok Sabha polls to boost its alliance in the western state and counter Uddhav Thackeray’.
The MNS may be given one seat to contest from Mumbai. Raj Thackeray had parted ways with the Shiv Sena, when it was undivided and led by his cousin.
As per the media reports, ‘The BJP may give one Lok Sabha set and one Rajya Sabha seat to the Raj Thackeray-led MNS, while the MNS may get over 20 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections’.
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