Today in Politics: Amid buzz of MNS-BJP tie-up, Raj Thackeray arrives in Delhi, may meet Amit Shah

After the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the BJP may be preparing to bring another party on board the ruling alliance in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and his son Amit are learnt to have arrived in Delhi late on Monday night.

Thackeray may meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday morning and if things fall in place an announcement about the tie-up may be made sometime during the day. The BJP’s top leadership met Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule in Delhi earlier on Monday to discuss seat sharing for Maharashtra, where the party has faced some trouble in wrapping up a deal.

Some in the BJP believe that the MNS will help the ruling alliance damage the Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray by eating into its Marathi vote base in some crucial pockets.

Congress meetings

Two days after the INDIA bloc’s show of strength in Mumbai, it is back to business for the Opposition alliance’s pre-eminent member Congress on Tuesday.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will discuss and approve the party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections at its meeting in the national Capital. The manifesto committee led by former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has already sent the draft document to the CWC for its approval. The committee on Tuesday will approve the draft manifesto that, according to PTI, mentions “guarantees” for justice for five different groups – Bhagidari Nyay (justice for stakeholders), Kisan Nyay (justice for farmers), Nari Nyay (justice for women), Shramik Nyay (justice for labourers), and Yuva Nyay (justice for the youth). There will be five guarantees for