Mumbai: The three-decade-old friendship between the BJP and the Shiv Sena is now completely broken due to the ongoing government pullout in Maharashtra. Actually the BJP did not want to leave the role of an elder brother at any cost in the state. Whereas Shivsena had made plans to distance themselves from the role of a younger brother.
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According to the information received, BJP believes that with Shiv Sena is going with the NCP-Congress, it is trying to emerge as the lone claimant of Hindutva politics in the state, and the Shiv Sena is suffering the brunt of friendship with opposite-minded parties. It is being said that the BJP does not want to revive the possibility of becoming the elder brother again in the state by becoming the CM of Shiv Sena. The BJP has continued its continuous efforts for nearly six years to make Shiv Sena the younger brother.
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According to the same information, senior Shiv Sena leaders believed that after coming into the role of a younger brother for the second time, the possibility of becoming the elder brother of BJP in the state is going to end forever. Which is why Shiv Sena insisted first for the post of CM and later did not refrain from compromising with the Congress-NCP for this post.
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