Taking its pre-election game a notch higher, BJP heavyweights Ashish Shelar and Haji Arfat Shaikh met members of the Muslim community at a Bandra-based mosque for what they call a 'daawat' organised to welcome them. While the party honchos are of the opinion that the meeting was not a political one, former SP leader Farhan Azmi tweeted saying Shelar managed to bring even politics into a place of worship.

Bandra West MLA Shelar, who is also the minister of school education, sports, and youth welfare of Maharashtra, along with Haji Arfat Shaikh, president of the Maharashtra State Minority Commission, attended the 'daawat' at a mosque owned by Anwarul Quran Masjid and Madrasa Trust, located inside the Jamat E Jahmuria colony in Bandra West, around 2 pm on Saturday. The trustees of the mosque had invited the duo. Although Shelar and Arfat said the meeting was not political in nature, Farhan Azmi, son of SP state president Abu Asim Azmi tweeted saying that Shelar has done "what even Muslim leaders would never dare to do" i.e. bring politics into a place of worship.