The Shiv Sena has not shied away from taking a dig at the government of prime Minister Narendra Modi on several issues that has embarrassed the BJP.

Now it seems that the Sena is toying with the idea of going alone in the Maharashtra assembly polls scheduled later this and before that in the Lok Sabha Polls in 2019 .

Though it is said to be a courtesy call but the meeting between political strategist and JD (U) leader Prashant Kishor with Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and son Aditya Thackeray , and expressing a wish to join hands ahead of the Lok Sabha polls has created a stir in the political circles . Wonder what BJP reads into this meeting and the possible collaboration .

Ironically, both the Sena and the JD(U), which is headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, are members of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Kishor is credited with conceptualising and implementing innovative strategies like ‘chai pe charcha’ with Narendra Modi, who was the BJP’s prime ministerial nominee at that time, that are said to have contributed to the BJP’s stupendous victory in the 2014 elections. He is currently the vice president of the JD (U).