Maharashtra: Shiv Sena To Hold Legislative Party Meeting Tomorrow As Differences With BJP Deepen

Meanwhile, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said “what will be, will be,” as his party and BJP is yet to sort out differences.

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New Delhi: As the power-tussle between Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena continues to grow regarding the government formation in Maharashtra after recently-concluded polls, the latter has decided to hold its legislative party meeting on Thursday at party headquarters in Mumbai. Sena’s legislative party meet will come a day after BJP elected its CM candidate Devendra Fadnavis as the leader of its legislative party. Meanwhile, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said “what will be, will be,” as his party and BJP is yet to sort out differences. "What will be, will be, it is Maharashtra's fate. Today, there is an NCP legislative party meeting. I don't know about BJP meeting but there is no meeting of Shiv Sena with its MLAs today. Everybody has to call for a party meeting and elect its legislative party leader," he told reporters here. The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won an absolute majority in the Maharashtra Assembly polls with the former emerging as the single-largest party with 105 seats. Shiv Sena bagged 56 seats in the elections. After the polls, Shiv Sena has been adamant about the implementation of the 50:50 formula proposed by BJP during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The formula is a rotational arrangement in which a Chief Minister from each party will split the five-year term equally.