Mumbai: Political circles were once again rife with speculation after DCM Eknath Shinde visited Delhi on Friday and met PM Narendra Modi in Parliament. This was Shinde’s first meeting with PM Modi after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led student protests and came ahead of the possible Union Cabinet reshuffle and the introduction of the delimitation bill in Parliament. The meeting gains significance as Supreme Court (SC) is currently hearing Shiv Sena’s name and symbol case. Sena functionaries said PM Modi was meeting NDA constituent parties and Shinde too met PM as chief of Shiv Sena, which now has 13 Lok Sabha MPs. The functionary said PM Modi also met 6 Sena MPs who joined Shinde recently from Sena (UBT) and discussed issues related to their constituencies over breakfast on Friday. Sena functionaries said that PM Modi had a breakfast meeting with other newly joined NDA MPs, including TMC rebel MPs who have joined NCPI and newly joined Sena MPs who switched over from Sena (UBT). PM Modi is said to have assured that ‘NDA was one parivaar (family) and that he was standing with each one of them’.Political circles were once again rife with speculation after DCM Eknath Shinde visited Delhi on Friday and met PM Narendra Modi in Parliament. This was Shinde’s first meeting with PM Modi after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led student protests and came ahead of the possible Union Cabinet reshuffle and the introduction of the delimitation bill in Parliament. The meeting gains significance as Supreme Court (SC) is currently hearing Shiv Sena’s name and symbol case. Sena functionaries said PM Modi was meeting NDA constituent parties and Shinde too met PM as chief of Shiv Sena, which now has 13 Lok Sabha MPs. The functionary said PM Modi also met 6 Sena MPs who joined Shinde recently from Sena (UBT) and discussed issues related to their constituencies over breakfast on Friday. Sena functionaries said that PM Modi had a breakfast meeting with other newly joined NDA MPs including TMC rebel MPs who have joined NCPI and newly joined Sena MPs who switched over from Sena (UBT). PM Modi is said to have assured that ‘NDA was one parivaar (family) and that he was standing with each one of them’.“I met Prime Minister. Whenever Parliament is in session, I come here to meet our MPs. PM gave me time to meet him, and we discussed Maharashtra’s development and other related issues… I am happy that the six newly elected Shiv Sena MPs from NDA were invited by Prime Minister for tea today. All our MPs are happy about this. During my meeting with PM, he also mentioned this. We discussed the development of their constituencies and the support they would receive from both the state and centre for development projects,” Shinde said.“The meeting was a cordial one… We discussed matters regarding Maharashtra’s development and the rainfall situation. It is a matter of happiness that PM personally invited the six new Shiv Sena MPs, who are now part of NDA, for tea today. All our MPs are pleased about this, and Prime Minister himself mentioned it during our meeting,” Shinde said.Shinde also took a dig at the opposition for seeking Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation. “Parliament is running. There should be a discussion in it. First, they made a demand for resignation. Dharmendra Pradhan already gave his resignation. Now, the agitators, the youth, are busy with their own work, but the opposition, even though Parliament is running, is still not ready to discuss. Govt is ready to discuss; govt is with the youth, and it was by respecting and honouring the youth that Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. But these people just want to do politics in the name of the youth,” Shinde said.
