Narendra Modi meets Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a maiden visit to Mumbai after taking over as the chief of BJP's poll panel, met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray here on Thursday.

The meeting that took place at Thackeray's Matoshree residence here is seen as an attempt on Modi's part to pacify sulking Udhav Thackeray, who had earlier expressed his displeasure over the Gujarat Chief Minister's tall claims of rescuing 15,000 Gujaratis from flood ravaged Uttarakhand.

Thackeray had, however, later defended the criticism against Modi published in the Sena journal, and said that the latter being seen as the country's future Prime Minister should not have just come to the rescue of the people of his own state.

The Gujarat Chief Minister's meeting with Thackeray is also seen as an attempt by the BJP not to take risk of losing another crucial ally after the exit of Sharad Yadav-led Janata Dal (United).

Modi, who will be meeting the Maharashtra BJP leaders, is also scheduled to unveil the agenda for 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

He will also be addressing a business meet later in the day.