The senior BJP leader quoted above explained the party’s thinking behind this strategy and why, according to him, it failed this time. “What happened is that, in the alliance, Shiv Sena was accommodated a little more (than required). The alliance with Shiv Sena, he added, is something the party workers would rather not have. There are scars deeply in your psyche of this insulting kind of behaviour of the Shiv Sena,” he revealed. What happened is that, in the alliance, Shiv Sena was accommodated a little more (than required).

Source: Huffington Post October 24, 2019 15:45 UTC