BMC polls 2017: Hardik Patel to address Sena rally

Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel will be in Mumbai on Tuesday and is scheduled to meet Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence Matoshree. Patel will also be addressing Shiv Sena's public meeting at Goregaon, a suburb consisting of Gujarati voters mostly, in the evening. Industry Minister Subhash Desai and local Sena candidate Biren Limbachia will also be present at the meeting.

Goregaon is BJP leader and



former deputy mayor Dilip Patel's constituency. This comes just ahead of BMC elections which will be held on February 21.

Shiv Sena has decided to contest BMC elections separatetly, and not with its ally the BJP. The two parties have been running a coalition government at the Centre, state and BMC over the last few years. However, things have been on the boil recently.