After the Congress and the NCP decimation in the Lok Sabha polls, both parties have decided to do the social engineering by taking the backward and minority sections on board for the upcoming Maharashtra state assembly polls.
According to the sources, the Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat had meeting with the divided fractions of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi recently, led by Marathi author Laxman Mane and Justice (retired) BG Kolse Patil. While the NCP Sharad Pawar had meeting with the Bharat Mukti Morcha and The Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) leader Vaman Mishram in Pune where they discussed range of issues.