Can BJP-Shiv Sena alliance hit the double-digit mark in Maharashtra?

The Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party conducted an internal survey in January that revealed that it was in the interests of both to go together in the upcoming general elections. The internal survey, which summarised the views of party workers and the district leadership, also revealed that the two parties might struggle to hit the double-digit mark if they decided to go alone. 

Maharashtra sends the largest number of MPs to the Lok Sabha after Uttar Pradesh. The BJP-Sena alliance, which included the Swabhimani Paksha’s Raju Shetti, won 42 of the state’s 48 seats in 2014. Shetti is now