New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other political leaders including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior BJP leader LK Advani.
This was Thackeray’s first meeting with Modi after taking over as the chief minister of Maharashtra.
Thackeray’s Shiv Sena was earlier a part of the BJP-led NDA, but formed the 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government in Maharashtra with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) after parting ways with the saffron party.
“I had a good discussion with the Prime Minister over issues concerning Maharashtra. I also discussed the CAA, NPR and NRC with the prime minister. No one needs to fear about the CAA. The NPR is not going to throw anyone out of the country,” Thackeray told reporters after the meeting with the prime minister.
Thackeray met Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence and the meeting lasted around half-an-hour. Sources said the leaders are learnt to have discussed the functioning of the 'Maha-Agadi' government of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP.
Thackeray's stand on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Population Register (NPR) has become a bone of contention among the allies in Maharashtra, as the Congress and the NCP are opposed to the measures.
Uddhav Thackeray also met with BJP patron LK Advani on Friday evening in the national capital and was accompanied by party leader Sanjay Raut and son Aaditya Thackeray.
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