After BMC setback, Raj Thackeray meets Eknath Shinde amid MNS unease | India News
New Delhi: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray On Wednesday met the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde At his residence in Mumbai. It was their first face-to-face interaction after last month’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.A meeting held at Shinde’s official residence Nandanavan, led by Shinde, discussed various issues. Shiv Sena told PTI. However, the details of the meeting were not disclosed.MNS extended its support to Shinder Sena in Kalyan-Dombivli.Last month, Shinde praised Raj Thackeray, saying that he never looked at personal gains and always took decisions from a broader perspective. “MNS supports Shiv Sena for development in Kalyan-Dombivli. Earlier also, MNS was with us (Mahayuti) in LS and Assembly elections. BJP and Shiv Sena alliance is not for now. Now MNS has also participated in it. We look at who has benefited and who has lost from the (UBT Sena-MNS) alliance, Raj never looked at personal gain,” he said.“He always took decisions from a larger perspective. He supported PM Modi on development issues. He also supported us in the assembly elections. Raj Thackeray valued the sentiments of his workers,” Shinde said.Raj Thackeray’s recent outreach comes amid visible discontent within the MNS, with a section of its leaders openly expressing frustration at what they see as insufficient support from the Shiv Sena (UBT) during the civic polls.The meeting followed the high-stakes BMC contest that saw the Thackeray cousins reunite briefly after nearly two decades, only for their joint efforts to fizzle out. The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious, ending nearly three decades of dominance by the undivided Shiv Sena led by the Thackeray family.
