On the backfoot after suffering reversals in three states in the Hindi heartland, the BJP, in the run-up to the Lok Sabha election in Maharashtra next year, seems eager for a pre-poll alliance with the Shivsena This became clear after Chief Minister Davendra Fadnavis on Saturday, reiterated that an alliance with the Shiv Sena would materialise.
Fadnavis, in an interview to a TV channel, asserted that the “alliance will certainly happen” and he has taken the initiative for it. “We are united in the government. They have done well in some areas and so have we. I would not like to get into the debate of who the big brother is, but yes, we are brothers,” he said.