 "Ties with Sena won't break at any cost: BJP")
Downplaying Shiv Sena's decision to field candidates in UP and other states, BJP today asserted that the two parties are "inseparable" and any "shortcoming" can be resolved through talks.
"We are standing together firmly for the next elections and the alliance would achieve its best result by winning majority of the 48 seats in Maharashtra," BJP President Rajnath Singh said.
He stressed that the relationship between the two parties that has remained strong since the times of Bal Thackeray cannot break at any cost.
"I can vouch with confidence that the relations of BJP with Shiv Sena cannot break at any cost. If there are any shortcomings in the alliance, we can resolve through talks," Singh said while denying there was any issue related to Shiv Sena fielding candidates anywhere else.
He said if there are any smaller issues of coordination, the general secretary incharge of Maharashtra, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, will resolve them.
Rudy said, "We firmly together stand for the next elections and the alliance would achieve its best and will succeed in getting a majority of the 48 seats in Maharashtra."
In an apparent riposte to BJP's recent overtures to Raj Thackeray, Shiv Sena today said it will field candidates in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi for Lok Sabha election but at the same stressed that it will not contest against Narendra Modi and BJP chief Rajnath Singh.
"We are standing together firmly for the next elections and the alliance would achieve its best result by winning majority of the 48 seats in Maharashtra," BJP President Rajnath Singh said.
He stressed that the relationship between the two parties that has remained strong since the times of Bal Thackeray cannot break at any cost.
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"When Balasaheb Thackeray was there, he was not just a leader known in Maharashtra but all over the country. Since that time, BJP and Shiv Sena have very strong, old and unbroken relations.
"I can vouch with confidence that the relations of BJP with Shiv Sena cannot break at any cost. If there are any shortcomings in the alliance, we can resolve through talks," Singh said while denying there was any issue related to Shiv Sena fielding candidates anywhere else.
He said if there are any smaller issues of coordination, the general secretary incharge of Maharashtra, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, will resolve them.
Rudy said, "We firmly together stand for the next elections and the alliance would achieve its best and will succeed in getting a majority of the 48 seats in Maharashtra."
In an apparent riposte to BJP's recent overtures to Raj Thackeray, Shiv Sena today said it will field candidates in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi for Lok Sabha election but at the same stressed that it will not contest against Narendra Modi and BJP chief Rajnath Singh.
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