Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday emphasised on a “triple engineer sarkar” in Maharashtra as he laid the foundation stone for the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters building at Churchgate in Mumbai. While addressing the party workers during the event, Shah said, “I am not satisfied with the double-engine sarkar. I want a triple-engine government [in Maharashtra].”

The party’s current headquarters is at Nariman Point, and the new headquarters is set to come up at Vasani Chambers near the Churchgate railway station. Shah’s statement assumes significance as senior BJP leaders and Mahayuti allies — Ekanth Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP — are talking about contesting local body elections independently to test their individual strength on the ground.