Mahayuti goes into alert mode

AMIT SHAH'S VISIT | The home minister has lined up three back-to-back meetings with Mahayuti leaders; to review preparedness for assembly polls

- Ravikiran Deshmukh

When Home Minister Amit Shah was on his way to Mumbai on Sunday, leaders and ministers of the Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra were on their way to rush back to the state capital before his arrival. Such was the hurry that Water Supplies Minister Gulabarao Patil took a car from Jalgaon district instead of waiting for the train. On the other hand BJP state chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule who was expected late in the night, took an afternoon flight from Nagpur and came back with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The reason behind this was Amit Shah's two-day scheduled visit was just not limited to take darshan of Lord Ganesha in Mumbai. The Home Minister had lined up three back-to-back meetings with BJP state unit leaders, a separate meeting with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.