Maharashtra Splits : A Political Drama By Deepak Parvatiyar October 8, 2014 What type of right-wing political posturing is going on after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena snapped their 25-year-old ties last month over the issue of seat sharing in Maharashtra that goes to poll on 15th October? Charges being Traded by BJP-Shiv Sena Consider these charges being traded by the Shiv Sena and the BJP now : You may also like to read Maharashtra Elections Maharashtra Candidate List The Shiv Sena holds the BJP responsible for the break-up of the alliance, accussing it of ‘backstabbing’ the Sena. Balasaheb’s son and the present Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray compares Prime Minister Narendra Modi – the BJP’s star campaigner – with Afzal Khan (a 17th Century General who was defeated by Shivaji)! The BJP accuses the Sena of “targeting” Modi because, as senior BJP leader from Maharashtra and Union minister Prakash Javadekar claimed, “they (the Sena
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