The Bharatiya Janata Party’s tough handling of its oldest ally, the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, is indicative of the party’s confidence and a new approach towards its partners, said party functionaries who did not want to be identified.
The BJP is apparently in no mood to concede the Shiv Sena’s demand that its leader Uddhav Thackeray be announced as the Chief Minister candidate in the State. “There will be no Chief Minister candidate in Maharashtra and Haryana,” said a party leader.
The BJP’s eagerness to woo allies ahead of the Lok Sabha elections has now been replaced with resoluteness in dealing with them as developments in election-bound States indicate. The party has cold-shouldered Kuldip Bishnoi’s Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC), deciding to contest alone.
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