Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray met House Minister and BJP heavyweight Amit Shah on Tuesday amid rampant hypothesis that the right-wing celebration could also be welcomed into the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) fold forward of Lok Sabha polls.
Accompanied by his son Amit Thackeray, the firebrand politician held a gathering with Amit Shah in Delhi. The tete-a-tete between the 2 leaders comes a day after sources informed India At present TV that the MNS is more likely to be a part of forces with the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra with weeks to go to the high-stakes parliamentary elections.
Based on sources, Raj Thackeray landed in Delhi on Monday evening, at a time when Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule are additionally within the nationwide capital.
Thackeray is more likely to demand two seats — South Mumbai and Shirdi — for his celebration MNS, sources mentioned.
Raj Thackeray is the estranged cousin of former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, who’s within the opposition in Maharashtra. Raj Thackeray is the nephew of Uddhav’s father Bal Thackeray, the late founding father of Shiv Sena.
Uddhav Thackeray leads the opposite faction of the Shiv Sena. Nonetheless, Maharashtra Meeting Speaker Rahul Narvekar had in January dominated that the faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was the “actual Shiv Sena”.
The Shiv Sena break up into two factions after a insurrection led by Eknath Shinde in 2022, following which he grew to become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
At the moment, the ruling alliance in Maharashtra consists of BJP, NCP and Shinde-led Sena.