Amit Shah meets Shinde, Ajit Pawar in Mumbai in backdrop of polls; also visits Ganesh pandals

Ahead of assembly polls in Maharashtra, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday (September 9, 2024) held a brief meeting with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Ajit Pawar at the airport in Mumbai where he also visited a couple of Ganesh pandals.

There was no official word on what transpired at the meeting, but according to sources, Mr. Shah assured the two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allies that there would be a "respectful" distribution of Assembly seats among the Mahayuti partners for the State elections which are likely to be held in November.

Mr. Shinde heads the Shiv Sena, while Ajit Pawar is president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and both are allies of the BJP in the ruling Mahayuti coalition.