Fadnavis attends dinner given by former ally Thackeray

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday evening attended a dinner organised by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Thackeray had invited all the state legislators for the dinner.

This was probably for the first time in the last many decades that a chief minister organised such a dinner, officials said.

Fadnavis and Thackeray were part of the ruling alliance until the Assembly elections in October, after which the Shiv Sena broke its ties with the BJP and formed a coalition with the NCP and the Congress.