Sena BJP's oldest ally; we should resolve issues: Venkaiah

While ruling allies in Maharashtra Shiv Sena and BJP are busy sparring, Union minister and senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu today said the two parties should sort out their differences.
Addressing Maharashtra BJP's executive meeting here, Naidu acknowledged that Shiv Sena was the party's "oldest and important" ally.
"Shiv Sena is the oldest and important ally of BJP, and both the parties should discuss their issues within the house (internally) and resolve them mutually and move forward," he said.
The relations between the two saffron parties have been strained ever since they broke the alliance prior to the 2014 Assembly elections (Sena joined the BJP-led government later).

Sena, especially through its mouthpiece Saamana, has been regularly taking swipes at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Ahead of the next year's civic elections in Mumbai, BJP leaders, of late, too have adopted aggressive posture towards Sena.