India, April 14 -- Deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde's back-to-back meetings with union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah during his Maharashtra visit have raised several eyebrows in political circles. Shinde reportedly met Shah to complain about how he and his party were being sidelined by leaders of two other parties in the Mahayuti government - the BJP and the NCP - although he had played a key role in the alliance's victory in the assembly polls held in November last year.

The meeting between the duo on Sunday morning was completely unscheduled and led to a delay in Shah's departure from Mumbai, said a BJP leader.

"Shinde held a closed-door meeting with Shah even on Friday, immediately after his arrival, a...