MUMBAI: Today The BJP's bad tempered friend, Shiv Sena, met to decide its strategy for the coming Lok Sabha elections. Without going into details about its conclusions, senior party leader Sanjay Sanjay Raut informed that the party will continue to be the "big brother" in any coalition. Mr Raut state that "Shiv Sena is the big brother (in the coalition with BJP and other parties) in Maharashtra and will continue to be so,". He, further  added, "There is no proposal from the BJP to form any alliance with the Shiv Sena. Those who wish to forge an alliance with us are talking about it. We are not waiting for any proposal to be offered to us".

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While In January last year, the Sena had declared that it would fly solo for the elections, but there has been no formal notification to the BJP that their coalition has ended.The BJP is in favour of continuing the coalition. Eager to keep the Sena at its side, the BJP has ignored its repeated criticism of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the governments at the centre and the state. However, there appears to have been a tweak in their stance. There have been reports that some of the Sena leaders said they would consider renewing the BJP was ready to replace Narendra Modi with Nitin Gadkari in the top post.

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