CM Shinde meets MNS chairman, Congress delegation in Maharashtra

CM Shinde meets MNS chairman- The meeting was attended by senior bureaucrats as well as ministers, sources said. MNS sources said the meeting was pertaining to a public health issue. A Congress delegation that included leader Milind Deora and MLAs also met him later in the day. Deora said the delegation had raised the issue of giving permanent housing to conservancy workers and also discussed issues pertaining to redevelopment of Dharavi.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday met Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at his official residence in connection with a public health issue. Immediately after that, Congress leader and former union minister Milind Deora along with former minister Varsha Gaikwad and party MLA Amin Patel, had a short meeting with Mr. Shinde.

However, the Chief Minister’s Office said that Mr. Thackeray’s meeting was related to public health issues. The meeting was also attended by the public health minister, Mr. Tanaji Sawant. CMO’s statement has scoffed at the rumours that Mr. Thackeray had met Mr. Shinde to extend his party’s support to BJP-Shinde camp-RPI nominee Mr. Murji Patel in the Andheri East by-election.