BJP defends meeting with Raj Thackeray

March 06, 2014 22:01

Former BJP national president Nitin Gadkari today defended his meeting with MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Mumbai, saying it was aimed at preventing the splitting of anti-Congress-NCP votes in the state.

"I met Raj Thackeray as an NDA member and not as a BJP leader, just to ensure that anti-Congress and anti-NCP votes in Maharashtra do not split," he said.

The meeting had triggered off speculation that the BJP tried to win over MNS chief Raj Thackeray into the NDA for an electoral alliance before the Lok Sabha elections.

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