Mumbai: Independent MLA Ravi Rana and his wife, former MP Navneet Rana, met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence here on Wednesday.

Navneet Rana, who contested as a BJP candidate but lost to Congress's Balwant Wankhede in Amravati Lok Sabha constituency this time, said they discussed the party's "strategic vision" ahead of the assembly elections in October.

Navneet, who had won the last Lok Sabha election as an independent from Amravati in eastern Maharashtra, said, "I will firmly maintain my loyalty as a party worker."

His candidature in 2024 reportedly faced opposition from a faction of the local BJP unit.

Ravi Rana supports the ruling BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra.