Uddhav Thackeray meets PM Modi in Pune

Newly sworn Prime Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray received Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Pune airport on Friday evening.

Newly sworn Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray received Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Pune airport on Friday evening. It was the two leaders' first meeting after Uddhav Thackeray broke away from ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and formed a Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra with the support of the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) last month. 

Prime Minister Modi will be attending the national conference of director generals and inspector generals of police which is being held in Pune, Maharashtra. After receiving PM Modi, Uddhav Thackeray left for Mumbai, state government officials said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis also greeted Modi at the airport.

The Prime Minister landed in Pune. He will take part in the DGP and IGP Conference in the city.

Home Minister @AmitShah, Maharashtra Governor @BSKoshyari, CM Uddhav Thackeray, former CM @Dev_Fadnavis and other dignitaries welcomed him at the airport. @OfficeofUTpic.twitter.com/OW0h9ZrPoC

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