After Nitish Kumar, BJP's Shatrughan Sinha meets Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Setting off fresh round of speculation, BJP's Shatrughan Sinha and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal met on Thursday evening for more than an hour at the latter's residence. Sinha met Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and close confidante Ashutosh.

"We talked about art and culture. No discussion about any election or politics took place. It is not a crime to meet the Delhi CM. I came here to talk about Delhi's development, FTII issue etc," veteran bollywood actor Sinha told reporters after returning from the meeting.

On his part, Kejriwal said the discussion was concerning a project to set up film city. "We wish to set up a film city in Delhi, we spoke about that," he said. Reactions from political fraternity were swift. NCP spokesperson Tariq Anwar said if Sinha is meeting Nitish Kumar and Kejriwal, as well as criticising BJP's policies, "then it means this fire (of opposition to government) is spreading." With the onset of Bihar election campaign, interactions between anti-Modi politicians have gained momentum.