Shinde calls Fadnavis-Uddhav meeting ‘welcome change’

NAGPUR: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday labelled the meeting between Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray and CM Devendra Fadnavis a “welcome change.”

The Sena (UBT) chief and his MLA son Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday met with Fadnavis and assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar at Vidhan Bhavan premises in Nagpur. Aaditya said they extended good wishes to the two and talked about taking a step towards showing political maturity and working together in the interest of the people.

Talking to reporters here during the ongoing Winter Session of the state legislature, Shinde said those who were “over the moon” after the Lok Sabha poll results and “planning to jail us” if they returned to power after assembly elections were now meeting the chief minister.