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BJP, Shiv Sena part ways in Maharastra

Congress, NCP declare split on seat-sharing row

Agencies
The 25-year-old BJP-Shiv Sena alliance split yesterday amid continued deadlock over seat-sharing for the October 15 Maharashtra assembly polls.
Meanwhile, barely an hour after the Shiv Sena and the BJP announced their split, the NCP said it was breaking away from the Congress to fight the Maharashtra assembly polls alone.
After several rounds of talks over the last few days, senior state BJP leaders announced yesterday evening severing of the ties between the two parties, blaming Shiv Sena's “inflexibility" forit.
"We have conveyed our decision to snap ties to Shiv Sena. The decision was taken with a heavy heart," Maharashtra BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis told reporters after a meeting of the state party's Core Committee.
BJP, however, hinted at the possibility of a post-poll alliance with its estranged ally, saying the party would not criticise Sena during the campaign and remain friends.
"Our aim is to prevent the corrupt Congress-NCP government from coming to power. We will not criticise Shiv Sena during the campaign, we don't want any bitterness
with our ally of 25 years," leader of opposition in the assembly Eknath Khadse said.
Fadnavis said BJP will go to polls with smaller 'Mahayuti' allies.
He said BJP had worked out a seatsharing deal with Mahadeo Jankar's Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and Raju Shetty's Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana.
Our talks with Vinayak Mete of Shiv Sangram are in final stages and we will also speak to RPI's Ramdas Athawale, Fadnavis said.
"We reiterate that Shiv Sena is still our friend. We will not criticise Sena and our target will be the corrupt Congress-NCP combine," he said.
Meanwhile, NCP state president Sunil Tatkare accused Congress of betraying trust.
"Congress declared seats without consulting alliance partners and betrayed our trust," NCP state president Sunil Tatkare said.
"When Sharad Pawar met Sonia Gandhi, he told her he wants to stay in the alliance," the NCP leader added.
NCP leader and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar blamed Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan for the split, saying NCP was never neglected by earlier Congress CMs. Ajit Pawar and other NCP ministers will resign from the cabinet.