Raj Thackeray’s meeting with Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday indicates an alliance between the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. If the alliance materialises, the MNS might be allocated one seat to contest from Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra, where Thackeray’s cousin Uddhav Thackeray leads the Shiv Sena faction, which holds some influence