Photo: MintMumbai: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday virtually signalled its exit from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, saying it will contest all future elections, including 2019 Lok Sabha elections and Maharashtra assembly elections, alone. Shiv Sena’s national executive, which met in Mumbai on Tuesday, unanimously adopted a political resolution saying it will contest all elections in the future on its own. “These new appointments have been made to ensure that Shiv Sena’s bhagva (Sena’s saffron flag) is unfurled in Maharashtra,” he said. In the May 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won 42 of 48 seats with the Sena winning 18. Reacting to the Shiv Sena’s plans to go alone in all elections now, Fadnavis said, “Let’s wait, they have been saying many things.

Source: Mint January 23, 2018 09:33 UTC