If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Chief Chandrakant Patil is to be believed, then Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray does not hate people from other states, north Indian migrants in particular. He made the observation after meeting Thackeray on Friday amid talks of the two parties forging an alliance for the local body elections to be held next year.

Though Patil said they did discuss politics but an electoral pact between them wasn’t today’s agenda, his certificate to Thackeray seemed to have taken things forward, because the former had said the BJP won’t talk alliance with MNS unless and until Raj drops the anti-north Indian agenda. Patil said he has suggested to Thackeray that he must change in letter and spirit the perception that the people have about his views on migrants. The two met at Thackeray’s Shivaji Park residence. The meeting was preceded by their brief interaction in Nashik some days ago.