Uddhav Thackeray receives Narendra Modi at Pune airport; two leaders come face to face first time after Shiv Sena-BJP fall out

Pune: 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 Thackeray broke away from ally BJP and formed a Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra with the support of the Congress and NCP last month. The prime minister will be attending the national conference of director generals and inspector generals of police which is being held in Pune.

Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to attend the Conference of Director Generals & Inspector Generals of Police. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/DIs54TKCfx

— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2019

After receiving the PM, 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.

मुख्यमंत्री मा.श्री. उद्धव साहेब ठाकरे यांनी आज पुणे येथे पोलिस महासंचालकांच्या परिषदेस उपस्थित राहण्यासाठी आलेल्या पंतप्रधान मा. @narendramodi जी यांचे स्वागत केले.

यावेळी राज्यपाल @BSKoshyari जी,केंद्रीय गृहमंत्री @AmitShah जी, विरोधी पक्षनेते @Dev_Fadnavis जी उपस्थित होते. pic.twitter.com/GFDJ0qz4IA

— Office of Uddhav Thackeray (@OfficeofUT) December 6, 2019

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