It was a ‘jab we met’ moment for former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday morning when the two walked in together to attend the budget session proceedings. The two leaders, who are on polar opposite sides after being in an alliance for a long time, set tongues wagging, as they exchanged niceties while entering the house complex.

The moment turned out to be a big photo op and trigger for talk about the possibility of a new equation emerging between the rival parties. Many called it a coincidence, some tried to read between the steps the two took together.