JAB WE MET
The animosity between former allies Maharashtra chief minister and opposition leader is well known. But things, it seems, are changing. On the morning of July 30, their paths crossed during an inspection of flood-hit areas in Kolhapur. The meeting was brief but convivial and, as it later emerged, scripted. Thackeray’s personal assistant Milind Narvekar had coordinated the meeting with Fadnavis’s team. The parties seem to be softening their stance towards each other, too. Later on the same day, a BJP leader, requesting anonymity, told some reporters in Mumbai that senior party leaders from Delhi had asked him to refrain from making personal allegations against Sena leaders. Is the Sena-BJP alliance back on track?
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