Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah, currently trying to reach out to miffed allies after the recent reverses in by-polls, on Wednesday met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai. He also claimed that BJP-Sena alliance will unitedly fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. There was no confirmation from the Sena.
As part of his ongoing “sampark for samarthan”, or "contact for support", initiative to meet eminent citizens, Shah also met industrialist Ratan Tata, singer Lata Mangeshkar and actor Madhuri Dixit. On Thursday, Shah is scheduled to be in Chandigarh to meet athletics legend Milkha Singh and hockey legend