Shiv Sena puts break-up with BJP on hold

Uddhav Thackeray says Shiv Sena will sit in Opposition if BJP takes support of NCP

The Shiv Sena will sit in the opposition if the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government in Maharashtra takes the NCP's support to prove its majority in the state assembly, party chief Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday.

Sena decided not to part ways with the BJP in the wake of spat over Cabinet expansion at the Centre and failure to accomodate the Sena in Maharashtra government in Mumbai.

 

The Sena, which elected Eknath Shinde as the Sena Legislature Party leader, said they would snap ties with the BJP if the latter takes support from the NCP to stay in power.

Sena MP Anil Desai not taking oath as Union Minister today and the induction of Suresh Prabhu, who had been in the Shiv Sena as Cabinet Minister, came as a climax to the growing chasm between the friends-turned-foes.

The simmering tension between them came to a boil today as Desai left for Mumbai from Delhi airport without attending the swearing-in ceremony.

Desai returned to Mumbai on orders of Sena chief Uddhav Thackaray whose party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi as also the BJP of a host of broken promises and heaping "humiliation after humiliation" on it.