Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday met with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Home Amit Shah in Delhi amid intense anticipation that the MNS would join the ruling ‘Mahayuti’ coalition in Maharashtra and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Central level.
While the buzz of the MNS forging an alliance with the BJP is hardly new, Mr. Thackeray’s arrival in the capital on Monday night, and his subsequent meetings with the BJP brass – first with national general secretary Vinod Tawde in a plush Delhi hotel, and later with Mr. Shah – strongly hinted that a pre-Lok Sabha deal between the two parties could be finally sealed.
The MNS president, who had a half-hour meeting with Mr. Shah, was accompanied by his son, MNS leader Amit Thackeray and Mr. Tawde.
