Amid the controversy over the pre-poll alliance between them, the Bharatiya Janata Prty (BJP) and Shiv Sena have together promised to resolve the issue of reservation for the Dhangar community.

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray led a delegation of the Dhangar community to the chief minister's residence on Thursday evening and returned with an assurance that a quota for this backward class would be ensured in the current term of the BJP-Sena government. Thackeray met the community leaders at his Kalanagar residence, and then travelled with them to Malabar Hill where he spent 45 minutes with the CM.