On Thursday Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut stated that the BJP and Sena will form the government in Maharashtra. He also added that both the parties have agreed to the ’50-50 formula’ before the assembly polls.
"It will be a BJP-Shiv Sena government. There is no two opinion about it. We got the full mandate. Seats may increase of decrease in an election. We will talk to Uddhav ji, he will then speak with the chief minister. And what was agreed before the election, 50-50’ he told the reporters.
The Shiv Sena party contested on 126 seats and according to the trends it is leading on 61 available so far. While the BJP party is leading only on 99 seats which is way below the 122 it won in 2014.
Ahead of the state polls, a section of BJP leaders insisted that the party should ditch the Sena and go alone. It was Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who insisted on continuing the alliance. Later, the idea also received support from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A section of BJP leaders insisted on dumping the Sena and going alone before state polls. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis insisted on maintaining the partnership which later got support from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.