With the elections around the corner, 'tis the time to woo the voter. Political parties have already started on the north Indian and Gujarati communities. Considering the large population of both communities in the city, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have increased interactions with them.

In the past nine months, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has attended city and state BJP functions at least three times, while MNS chief Raj Thackeray has interacted with Gujarati businessmen twice in recent times, to demonstrate that he is not against the community.