Amid Rift in Maha Vikas Aghadi, Uddhav Thackeray Meets PM Modi; Sanjay Raut Terms it ‘Courtesy Call’

Aaditya Thackeray,  the Chief Minister's son also accompanied his father Uddhav at PM Modi's residence. 

New Delhi: Amid ongoing strains in Maha Vikas Aghadi government over a slew of issues including amended citizenship act, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Aaditya Thackeray, the Chief Minister’s son also accompanied his father Uddhav at PM Modi’s residence.

Later in the day, the Shiv Sena chief is also expected to meet BJP patriarch L K Advani, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi.

Senior Shiv Sena leader and Uddhav close aide Sanjay Raut had tweeted about the meeting. He had termed the meeting a ‘courtesy call’. “Yes, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will meet PM Modi. This is only a courtesy meet, nothing else should be read into it. Jai Maharashtra,” he tweeted in Marathi.

After the Assembly elections in Maharashtra last year, the Shiv Sena and BJP had bitter fallout over the Chief Minister’s post, following which the parties’ ended their decade old alliance.

Later, the Sena formed an alliance with its arch rivals Congress and NCP and formed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.However, trouble started brewing among the three alliance partners over CAA, Elgar Parishad case and Rajya Sabha seats.