Seat-sharing talks with Sena headed in right direction:Maha CM

Amid uncertainty over alliance with Shiv Sena for next month's civic polls, including BMC, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said the seat-sharing talks are going on in the "right direction".
Invoking Chhatrapati Shivaji while addressing the BJP workers here, the CM said they will come to know about their "enemy" at "appropriate time."
"Talks between the BJP and Sena are not confined to seat-sharing alone, but are also directed towards a definite agenda and (ensuring) transparency in public interest.
"Let me tell you that the talks are going on in the right direction and the party leaders will take a proper decision in this regard," Fadnavis told a concluding session of BJP state executive meeting here.

Invoking the warrior king, he said, "You (party workers) are like the Mavlas (soldiers of Shivaji) who never bothered about who their enemy was but just took on the enemy. You will come to know about the enemy at appropriate time."
He said, "The dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to free the country and state from Congress and this will be kept in mind. We don't want the Congress to return to power again and hence we will chalk out a proper strategy."

Ten municipal corporations, including Mumbai, Thane and Pune, will go to polls on February 21 while 25 zilla parishads in two phases on February 16 and 21. Counting of votes will be done on February 23.

On distribution of tickets for elections, the CM said only those aspirants having potential to get elected and acceptable by citizens would only be given tickets.
He said BJP is trying to bring in a payment gateway for accepting funds which might include use of smart phones.
In his address, Fadnavis listed various achievements of BJP governments at state and Centre.
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He appealed to the BJP workers to gear up for the battle, without bothering about the fate of the tie-up with bickering ally Shiv Sena.
"There are differences with Shiv Sena. The Sena and BJP are two different parties. Therefore, it is obvious that there will be differences. However, (BJP) workers should not worry about the alliance. The (party) functionaries will see that. The work of a soldier is to fight. Don't bother as to who is the enemy. Be prepared for the electoral battle," Fadnavis said.

"Chhatrapati Shivaji asked the Mavle (soldiers of the Maratha kingdom) to fight for god, country and religion. He did not leave any stone unturned to usher in the common man's regime. Modi also wants a common man's regime," Fadnavis said, asking party workers to work towards the cause.
He said tickets won't be given to those who are cosying up to leaders.
The CM also spoke about the 'success of the demonetisation decision of Modi' and the state government's efforts to tackle drought.
In his inaugural address, state unit BJP president Raosaheb Danve said the BJP-led government had fulfilled the promise of setting up the memorials of B R Ambedkar and Shivaji.

The conclave was attended by the party MLAs, MLCs, MPs and ministers.
State BJP office-bearers, from the rank of district president and above attended the meet, which came ahead of elections to 10 municipal corporations, including the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.