BJP and Shivsena snapped their ties just before Maharashtra Assembly elections for failing to strike a deal on seat sharing issues. Congress and its alliance partner NCP also snapped ties for the same reasons. Their over confidence to make a clean sweep in the elections and greediness to rule the state on their own are the actual reasons that spoils their relations.

 

However, Shivsena joined hands with BJP after it was defeated in the elections and BJP emerges as single largest party with 121 MLAs. But, Shivsena is raged to see BJP admitting its party MP Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu into party after taking him into Modi’s cabinet in the recent cabinet expansion. So, Shivsena president Uddhav Takre has declared that his party will not support the Devendra Fadnavis lead BJP government, if it accepts NCP support. Probably, his idea behind that condition is to have a chance to twist BJP’s hand whenever he wants. But, BJP also can understand his idea. So, it declares that it will welcome all political parties, except Congress to support it’s government. A MLA from NCP told the media that his party has issued a one-line whip to all its 41 legislatures to vote in support of Devendra Fadnavis government.

 

BJP has total 121 legislatures out of 287 members in the Assembly. It needs 23 MLAs support to cross the majority mark of 144. Maharashtra CM Fadnavis claims that his party has 10 Independent MLAs and 8 other MLAs support, besides 41 MLAs support from NCP. So, BJP need not to worry about Shivsena threats or conditions.

 

So, it is like a slap on Shivsena Chief’s face. So, he declared that his party prefers to sit in the opposition benches rather than supporting BJP government. He also issued a whip to his 63 MLAs to be present in the house, when the Fadnavis government seeks a trust vote today afternoon. He also fielded his party candidate for the Speaker post in the Assembly. Besides Shivsena, BJP and Congress also field their candidates for the same.