Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) chief and farmer leader Raju Shetti on Tuesday met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s residence in Mumbai.
Although the meeting at Mr. Thackeray’s residence sparked some speculation about the SSS joining the Opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (comprising Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party faction), Mr. Shetti quickly dismissed allegations of any potential political alliance.
He said that his outfit was planning to contest six Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming general election independently of either the ruling ‘Mahayuti’ (Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the BJP and Ajit Pawar’s NCP) or the opposition MVA.
