Hindutva common thread that binds BJP, Shiv Sena together: Uddhav
Mumbai, Apr 2 (UNI): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray categorically stated on Tuesday that his party and the BJP are bound by Hindutva and said the two decided to enter into a pre-poll alliance after overcoming differences that had soured their ties in the past.
In an interview to Sena MP Sanjay Raut in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Thackeray said he agreed to the alliance after BJP president Amit Shah came to him twice to sort out the issues.
The BJP and Sena agreed to contest 25 and 23 seats, respectively, in Maharashtra which has 48 Lok Sabha constituencies.
"You ask me why did we agree to an alliance again. The whole world is a witness. BJP president Amit Shah came to me not once, but twice. And when the alliance was charted out, we put forth the problems of people. Even Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was present when all this happened," he said.
Shah wanted the sourness between both the parties to end, he said, adding, he also agreed to the BJP chief’s views.
To another query, Thackeray noted that in the course of discussions, the issues that caused the sourness between the two saffron parties were "ironed out".
"Like before, Hindutva is the thread that binds the BJP and the Sena together," he asserted.
The Sena chief hit out at the opposition parties, observing that if they come to power, they would "quarrel" for the prime minister’s post as they lack a leader to bind them together.
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