BJP mocks parade of oppn MLAs, says will win "photo finish"

The BJP hit back at the Shiv Sena -Congress-NCP combine over show of strength of their MLAs at a hotel here on Monday evening and said his party will win the "photo finish" race during floor test in the assembly.

Addressing a press conference here, BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar taunted the Sena-NCP -Congress for "identification parade" of their MLAs and termed it as a cruel joke on the people of the state and democracy.

This cannot be equated with a floor test in the assembly, he said, minutes after the unprecedented public parade of what the three parties claimed were 162 MLAs at a high-end hotel here.

The former minister said identification parades are held to allow witnesses to identify criminals.

Shelar said, "We are sure that we will win the floor test in the assembly, whenever it gets convened. Such parades in a hotel will not help in proving majority on the floor."