Maha: Ahead of polls, Nadda holds meetings with party leaders
Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls, BJP working president J P Nadda held meetings with the party's state unit leaders here Saturday.
In his first visit to the state after his appointment as the working president, Nadda held meetings with party MPs, MLAs, district unit chiefs, the election preparation committee and the extended core team.
Union ministers Prakash Javadekar, Raosaheb Danve, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil were among those who attended the meetings.
Speaking to reporters later, Patil said to a question that Nadda was unlikely to meet Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the BJP ally Shiv Sena, during the visit.
Informal talks on seat-sharing with the Shiv Sena had begun, he added.
"Nadda-ji is on a two-day visit to the state. The meetings were in view of the coming Assembly elections," Patil said.
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