Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a fix now as it is confused in chosing an alliance partner for the coming Lok Sabha elections, especially in Maharashtra. In the backdrop of a meeing between Sharad Pawar, president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Uddhav Thackerey, executive president of Shiv Sena, it is ready now to go on the backfoot for seat sharing formula.
BJP has a two decade long alliance in Maharashtra with Shiv Sena that has faced many a storms. The chief architect of this alliance were Pramod Mahajan of BJP, who was killed by his own brother two years ago and Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo who is confined to solitarity owing to old age. In the changing political scenario, Shiv Sena is cosying up with NCP or vice versa. That has ruffled BJP’s feathers.
Speking in Pune on Thursday, BJP leader Gopinath Mundhe said is ready to take one foot backwards while arriving at a satisfactory seat-sharing arrangement. Mundhe said he was confident that a solution could be found through negotiations. Mundhe harped on the Hindutva ideology while expressing his faith for an alliance with Shiv sena.
Sharad Pawar had reportedly a meeting with Uddhav on Wednesday, Feb. 18 in New Delhi. A day later he hinted at new alliances saying in Sangli said that NCP can ally with any party except BJP. That sent shockwaves in BJP camp. BJP knows that Shiv Sena is tired of the saffron alliance which was formed in 1984. It is perceived that BJP tries to wrestle more seats in each election. Also, caste factor plays a big role in all the understandings. While NCP and Shiv Sena share a common voter base comprising Maratha community, BJP is seen as a Brahminical party.
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