Shinde faction minister Pratap Sarnaik calls on Sanjay Raut on Diwali

A meeting on the occasion of Diwali is being talked about in Maharashtra politics. Shinde faction minister Pratap Sarnaik went to meet Thackeray faction MP Sanjay Raut. The sudden meeting between the two leaders has surprised many. The reason for the meeting has not yet come to light.

Since the split in the Shiv Sena, a wide distance has grown between the Shinde and Thackeray factions. Leaders of both factions have been attacking each other in sharp words. The two factions were also pitted against each other in the elections. At the Dussehra rally too, Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde trade strong barbs. Despite this, leaders of the two factions met today on Diwali.

Commenting on the meeting, Raut said, "When I came down to the house, I learnt that Pratap Sarnaik had come. I will go to meet him. We have personal ties. His mother and my mother have been close for many years. It is the Diwali festival, so he will naturally come. There is no signal behind this. He will come, eat laddoos and chakli. He likes them. He will take my mother's blessings and leave. There is nothing more to it. There is no talk of a merger of the Shiv Sena. There are two Shindes in the Shinde faction. You find out who that is."