Amit Shah will join the Maharashtra Chief Minister at the Yatra in the Solapur district. (File photo)

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address the BJP's "Maha Janadesh Yatra" in Maharashtra on Sunday. Mr Shah will join Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the Yatra in the Solapur district.

The Home Minister is first scheduled to arrive in Dadra and Nagar Haveli where he will inaugurate several projects in the morning at the SSR College in Silvassa.

He will then leave for Solapur where he will address the rally in the evening.

It is likely that the merger of Narayan Rane's Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha (MSP) with the BJP will take place at the Solapur rally in Mr Shah's presence, party sources said.

Devendra Fadnavis has been holding the "Maha Janadesh Yatra" in various districts of in the run up to the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.