<p>A closed-door meeting between the leader of Opposition and a top leader of Raj Thackeray-led MNS fuelled speculations of a possible tie-up ahead of the mega civic polls in Maharashtra. </p>.<p>Senior MNS leader Bala Nandgaonkar, who is a former minister of state for home in the erstwhile Shiv Sena-BJP government, met Fadnavis on Tuesday. Fadnavis has not offered any comments on the issue.</p>.<p>However, Nandgaonkar, said that he had a scheduled meeting with Fadnavis on some “personal work”.</p>.<p>“Devendra ji is an old friend,” he said.</p>.<p>When asked whether there were political discussions, he said: “I am repeating that I came here for personal work…but when two politicians need it is obvious that politics is discussed…isn’t that correct or not…but you may draw your own conclusions.” </p>.<p>For quite some time there has been speculation about BJP and MNS coming closer, however, there has not been any firm commitment to a tie-up.</p>.<p>It may be recalled, in June this year, Thackeray met state BJP president Chandrakant Patil at Nashik government guest house - though it was a brief chat at a corner in the guest house.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>A closed-door meeting between the leader of Opposition and a top leader of Raj Thackeray-led MNS fuelled speculations of a possible tie-up ahead of the mega civic polls in Maharashtra. </p>.<p>Senior MNS leader Bala Nandgaonkar, who is a former minister of state for home in the erstwhile Shiv Sena-BJP government, met Fadnavis on Tuesday. Fadnavis has not offered any comments on the issue.</p>.<p>However, Nandgaonkar, said that he had a scheduled meeting with Fadnavis on some “personal work”.</p>.<p>“Devendra ji is an old friend,” he said.</p>.<p>When asked whether there were political discussions, he said: “I am repeating that I came here for personal work…but when two politicians need it is obvious that politics is discussed…isn’t that correct or not…but you may draw your own conclusions.” </p>.<p>For quite some time there has been speculation about BJP and MNS coming closer, however, there has not been any firm commitment to a tie-up.</p>.<p>It may be recalled, in June this year, Thackeray met state BJP president Chandrakant Patil at Nashik government guest house - though it was a brief chat at a corner in the guest house.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>