The visit of Shinde and Fadnavis to the national capital comes ahead of a crucial hearing in the Supreme Court on July 11 on a petition filed by the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena seeking disqualification of Shinde and 15 MLAs of his faction.
Devendra Fadnavis, who is also visiting Delhi to meet key BJP leaders, said: My party made me CM earlier. Now, as per the need of the party, we have abided by the party s decision. Eknath Shinde is our leader and CM. We ll work under him. The injustice was undone and our natural alliance was revive
After their arrival here on Friday evening, Shinde and Fadnavis met President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda.