Rahul Gandhi-Sena Meet Today After Party's Vote Of Confidence For Congress

Sanjay Raut- Rahul Gandhi Meeting: Shiv Sena sources describe the meeting as routine, saying that the Sena leadership often connects with Rahul Gandhi over issues related to the alliance government in Maharashtra.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut is expected to meet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today amid indications that the two parties, part of a coalition in Maharashtra, might be inching towards a wider understanding.

Shiv Sena sources describe the meeting as routine, saying that the Sena leadership often connects with Rahul Gandhi over issues related to the coordination of the Sena-NCP-Congress alliance government in Maharashtra.

Congress sources however indicated that the Sena might back the Congress in the state elections early next year.

Though the Sena has negligible presence in some of these states, like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, the political symbolism of extending support to the Congress speaks to the surprising, newfound proximity of the two ideologically opposed parties who had struggled to come together in the first place.