Though BJP and Shiv Sena have put aside their differences and settled on a seat-sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha polls, the alliance has failed to gel on the ground level.
The Sena and BJP workers were campaigning for incumbent South Mumbai MP Arvind Sawant in a narrow lane in one of the island city's crowded business districts when a Sena loyalist had a moment of epiphany.
"While the BJP workers are shouting 'Phir ek bar Modi sarkar' with great gusto, Shiv Sainiks are finding it tough to mouth these lines," he observed.