Shah spent some 45 minutes at Gadkari's residence and the two worked out their further strategy on government formation in Maharashtra where the party fell short of a majority. Top leaders are later likely to meet the Prime Minister. Gadkari hails from Maharashtra, has been a former BJP chief and also shares good ties with the RSS.
The two had a one-on-one meeting on joining hands again with its old ally Shiv Sena after its chief Udhhav Thackeray congratulated the Prime Minister and Shah yesterday.
Former party president and Union Minister Rajnath Singh, who has been appointed as the observer for the meeting of BJP Legislative Party in Maharashtra to elect their leader, will be leaving for Mumbai tonight. BJP's state unit chief Devendra Fadnavis leads the race for the party's Chief Ministerial candidate.
NCP sprang a surprise yesterday with its offer of "outside support" in the western state where the saffron party fell short of majority.
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He said it will be up to the new MLAs to elect their leader and the name of the party's chief ministerial candidate will be decided tomorrow who is likely to take oath before Diwali. "We are hopeful of having a chief minister in place ahead of Diwali," he said.
Senior BJP leader and Karnal MLA Manohar Lal Khattar, who is also said to share close ties with RSS, leads the race for the top post in Haryana and is reportedly in Delhi for talks with senior leaders.