Uddhav Thackeray wants BJP-Shiv Sena alliance to remain intact

15 Sep 2014 Evaluate

Amid the ongoing war of words over seat sharing in election-bound Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that he wants the alliance between his party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to remain intact. He added that whenever any decision is taken, it would be known to the media, but won't say anything till a decision is taken.

BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that after allocating seats to them, they have proposed to share equal numbers of seats. Their state leadership has put forth the proposal and they are waiting for the response on the issue. The BJP also deferred Shiv Sena's demand for the Chief Minister's post and added that they believe that this issue should be decided after the elections. The issue of Chief Minister has not cropped up during the discussion so far

The friction between the two political parties intensified after Uddhav Thackeray delivered a sharp warning to the BJP about 'lust for power' in the party mouthpiece 'Saamna. The BJP wants to have a greater share of Maharashtra's 288 assembly seats, crediting the verdict of the Lok Sabha polls to be a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP won 23 of Maharashtra's 48 seats while the Shiv Sena won 18 in the Lok Sabha polls. The Congress-NCP alliance, which had governed Maharashtra since 1999, emerged victorious in only six seats in LS elections.

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