<p>Maharashtra governor B S Koshyari had dinner with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence `Matoshree' here on Thursday evening.</p>.<p>Koshyari was accompanied by his family members.</p>.<p>"He was invited by the chief minister. The objective was to know each other better for better communication and smooth functioning," said a senior Sena leader.</p>.<p>The 77-year-old Koshyari took charge in September last year. His appointment was followed by Assembly elections in October.</p>.<p>As Sena parted ways with the BJP after the elections and started talks with the NCP and the Congress for coalition, the role of Koshyari, a former Uttarakhand chief minister, came under scanner.</p>.<p>He drew criticism for `bias' towards the BJP when he first imposed President's rule and later administered oath of office to BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and NCP's Ajit Pawar in a hush-hush ceremony on November 23.</p>.<p>This government collapsed within 80 hours and the Sena-led government came to power on November 28. </p>
<p>Maharashtra governor B S Koshyari had dinner with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence `Matoshree' here on Thursday evening.</p>.<p>Koshyari was accompanied by his family members.</p>.<p>"He was invited by the chief minister. The objective was to know each other better for better communication and smooth functioning," said a senior Sena leader.</p>.<p>The 77-year-old Koshyari took charge in September last year. His appointment was followed by Assembly elections in October.</p>.<p>As Sena parted ways with the BJP after the elections and started talks with the NCP and the Congress for coalition, the role of Koshyari, a former Uttarakhand chief minister, came under scanner.</p>.<p>He drew criticism for `bias' towards the BJP when he first imposed President's rule and later administered oath of office to BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and NCP's Ajit Pawar in a hush-hush ceremony on November 23.</p>.<p>This government collapsed within 80 hours and the Sena-led government came to power on November 28. </p>