With the state polls due next year, the Bharatiya Janata Party now seems to be cosying up to the other Sena, much to the envy of its longtime ally. The day an edit in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna lambasted BJP for its attempts to bring together the warring cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, senior leadership in the party gave its go-ahead to state unit chief Devendra Fadnavis for holding a pending meet with MNS chief Raj right away.

BJP state unit chief Devendra Fadnavis (left) and state treasurer Shaina NC met Raj Thackeray at the latter’s Shivaji Park home on Wednesday. Pic/Deepak Salvi