Mumbai: The assembly election in Maharashtra has been sounded. There are almost two weeks left in the election. The BJP has always played the role of younger brother and Shiv Sena elder brother in the state. But this time the scene has changed. In the 288-member assembly, BJP is in the role of the elder brother. This time BJP is contesting 164 seats and Shiv Sena 124 seats. Till the 2014 assembly elections, the BJP has always fielded candidates from 110 to 115, while in the remaining seats. The 2014 assembly elections were fought separately by both parties.

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The Shiv Sena was earlier adamant on contesting equal seats but the BJP rejected this demand outright. Both parties announced a seat alliance late Friday. The candidates of other NDA allies will contest on the BJP's election symbol. This will almost end the importance of smaller parties as they cannot even think of supporting anyone except the BJP. Shiv Sena is the oldest ally of the BJP.

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The two parties for the first time formed an alliance in the 1989 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Since then, both the assembly and Lok Sabha elections were contested by both parties. The two formed the government together in the year 1995. In this, Shiv Sena's Manohar Joshi became the Chief Minister, but this friendship was broken in 2014 due to seat-sharing. At that time, the strength of the BJP was increasing in the entire country including Maharashtra and the party also wanted to win the Maharashtra elections on the strength of Modi wave. The BJP emerged as the single largest party by contesting elections alone and formed a government in the state.

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