“We will not betray you, you shouldn’t betray us,” he said was the mantra for the alliance between the two parties. As a part of the deal, of Maharashtra’s 48 Lok Sabha seats the Shiv Sena will contest 23 and the BJP 25 in the April-May general elections. “All the issues the Shiv Sena took up were for the people. Shiv Sena chief (Bal Thackeray) had then toured the entire state. Now, this laxity won’t be seen.”Thackeray, however, did not clarify on the “power sharing” agreement between the Sena and BJP for the assembly elections.

Source: Hindustan Times April 02, 2019 09:38 UTC