INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
File photo of Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil (Photo Credits: PTI)Chandrakant Patil, president of the BJP's Maharashtra unit
issued a statement on Monday over the recent meeting between former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay
Held at a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Saturday, the meeting went on for over an hour.Reacting to the meeting, BJP leader Chandrakant Patil,
"When two big leaders of two different political parties meet, obviously politics is discussed
They do not discuss tea and biscuits but this meeting was inconclusive."He went on to add in Marathi, "No one wants midterm polls in the
But there is also no way out of the instability
One fine morning, something will change."Patil's statement comes hours after Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said the Shiv Sena should
He even went ahead to suggest that Uddhav Thackeray can remain chief minister for another year following which the post can go to Devendra
Fadnavis."Shiv Sena should again join hands with BJP
If Shiv Sena doesn't come with us, I appeal to (NCP chief) Sharad Pawar to join NDA for development for the state
He may get a big post in the future
There is no advantage in staying with Shiv Sena," Athawale, who is an NDA ally himself, told reporters in Mumbai on Monday.After news of the
meeting spread, Sanjay Raut claimed he met Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis to propose an interview for Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamna
of which he is the editor
BJP leader Pravin Darekar also claimed that this was the objective of the meeting.Fadnavis also issued a statement the next day claiming he
met Raut to discuss the Saamna interview and there was no political discussion during the meeting.Allies in the NDA, Shiv Sena and BJP
parted ways after the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections when the former decided to join hands with Sharad Pawar's NCP and the Congress to
form the 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government in Maharashtra.
