Udhav Thackeray mocks BJP

New Delhi, June 06: BJP national president Amit Shah, Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray will meet today evening while Shiv Sena has made a crucial announcement, he criticised its ally's outreach programme 'Sampark for Samarthan' and reiterated that it would contest the 2019 polls “independently”.

An editorial 'Saamana' on Wednesday questioned the reason behind Shah's meetings with the NDA allies and pointed to the BJP's poor performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls. “

“The Shiv Sena showed its strength in the Palghar bypoll. In such a situation, the 2019 Lok Sabha polls can be one reason behind the BJP chief’s Sampark Abhiyan,” the editorial said.

The BJP president, Amit Shah, has taken the initiative to get support from various groups and parties across the country, called 'Sampark for Samarthhan'. Shah also met Bollywood beauty Madhuri Dixit in Mumbai today. However, the latest Saamna editorial also criticized the program.