Kailash Vijayvargiya dismisses politics in Raut-Fadnavis meet: 'I keep meeting Digvijaya'

Commenting on meeting between former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fnavis and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday, said that such meetings were routine in politics. Claiming that he h met senior Congress leer Digvijaya Singh several times, he said that such meetings 'should t always be taken seriously'. Both Raut and Fnavis have claimed that meeting was 'n-political' and pertained to an 'interview'.

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Kailash Vijayvargiya: 'I keep meeting Digvijaya Singh'

In January, Vijayvargiya h a rare meeting with Singh in Indore - with both leers reily posing for media, warmly hugging each or. This meeting was a few months before Jyotiritya Scindia h std a coup, toppling Kamal Nath government as he and 22 MLAs quit Congress and jumped to BJP. Currently, Vijayvargiya who is BJP's Bengal-in-charge has been retained by JP Nda as state's secretary - in stiff opposition to newly joined Jyotiritya Scindia ahe of state bypolls.

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NCP in huddle

Earlier in day,  sources reported that NCP and Congress are upset over meeting between former allies. Sources report that Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat and NCP chief Shar Pawar met CM Uddhav Thackeray at his home- 'Matoshree' to discuss same. Several political leers like Congress' Sanjay Nirupam and NCP MP Majeed Memon raised questions on  meeting.

On Saturday, ex-Maharashtra CM met with Shiv Sena MP at a luxury hotel in Mumbai and held a 2-hour meeting.  While this meeting between former allies h set political circle atwitter, BJP Maharashtra spokesperson Keshav Uphye clarified that meeting was for Fnavis' tentative interview for Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana with Raut, post- Bihar polls. He said that while interview has been fixed, Fnavis has told Raut to air interview unedited, reportedly insisting on his camera to be present. Fnavis will be second n-Shiv Sena leer which Saamana will be interviewing after NCP Supremo Shar Pawar.

But Raut has been vocal in his attack on BJP since 35-year alliance split over a variety of issues like - Ram mandir, Jalyukt Shivar scheme, Metro car shed, NRC, CAA, Farm Bills, COVID and most recent - Sushant Singh Rajput's death probe and Kangana Ranaut's attack on Mumbai police. Fnavis too has criticised Sena government's ineffective COVID manment, SC stay on Maratha reservation, scrapping gram panchayat polls amid pandemic. Fnavis is BJP's election in-charge in Bihar along with Bhupendra Yav.

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