Shiv Sena asks BJP to include them in Friday's swearing-in event
Oct 30, 2014, at 04:54 pm
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IBNS): Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to include them in the swearing-in ceremony of a new Maharashtra government slated for Friday, media reports said.
Maharashtra govt's swearing in likely to be held on Oct 30
Oct 27, 2014, at 05:24 pm
Mumbai, Oct 27 (IBNS): A minority Maharashtra government will be sworn-in on October 30, media reports said.
Pressure mounting on Uddhav, BJP weighing options
Oct 20, 2014, at 09:19 pm
Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 20 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now reviewing every possibility regarding post-poll alliance for Government formation in Maharashtra, as internal pressure mounts on Shiv Sena to offer "unconditional" support to BJP, media reported.
Sena has little bargaining power for dy-CM,s post, says BJP
Oct 20, 2014, at 05:16 pm
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IBNS): With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reviewing options to forge a post-poll tie-up to form government in Maharashtra, a section of the party leadership feels the Sena must accept that it has got little bargaining power to demand the post Deputy Chief Minister, media reports said.
Sena blinks, hints alliance with BJP after exit-poll results
Oct 18, 2014, at 08:34 pm
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IBNS): A day before the Maharashtra Assembly election results will be declared, Shiv Sena has shown "White Flag" to its estranged ally BJP, and even hinted at post-poll alliance, courtesy exit poll results which tilted in favour of the latter.
Shiv Sena advises Modi to focus on border, not Maharashtra
Oct 08, 2014, at 07:05 pm
Mumbai, Oct 8 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s former ally Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to focus on the firing from Pakistani side along the border in Jammu and Kashmir instead of poll-bound Maharashtra.
BJP and Shiv Sena engage in war of words
Oct 07, 2014, at 07:59 pm
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IBNS): With deadline for the poll campaign nearing soon for Assembly elections in Maharashtra, BJP and Shiv Sena have engaged in fresh war of words.
After split, BJP-Shiv Sena starts blame game
Sep 26, 2014, at 08:39 pm
Mumbai, Sept 26 (IBNS): A day after the split, Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena on Friday has resorted to blame-game for the break-up of their alliance.
Post alliance, BJP-Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP on war-footing
Sep 26, 2014, at 07:37 pm
Mumbai, Sept 26 (IBNS): 24 hours after “break-up†of the respective alliance, Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday have kept themselves busy finalizing candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls next month.
BJP to release first list of 190 candidates today
Sep 26, 2014, at 06:13 pm
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IBNS): With the 25-year-old alliances with Shiv Sena falling apart over seat-sharing stalemate, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is now getting ready to announce its first list of 190 candidates on Friday for the Maharashtra elections to be held on October 15, reports said.
Now smaller allies not happy with BJP-Sena seat-sharing formula
Sep 24, 2014, at 06:14 pm
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IBNS): With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena inching towards a seat-sharing agreement, the smaller allies in the coalition now rejected the new formula saying it gave them too few seats for the Maharashtra Assembly polls scheduled next month, reports said.
Mahayuti awaits "miracle" for salvation
Sep 22, 2014, at 07:12 pm
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sept 22 (IBNS): With both sides sticking to their stance, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is on the verge of a breakdown.
Maha poll: BJP rejects Shiv Sena's offer
Sep 21, 2014, at 05:57 am
Mumbai, Sept 20 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday rejected Shiv Sena's offer on seat sharing for the upcoming Maharashtra elections, media reports said.
BJP sets 12-hour deadline for Sena to decided on seat-sharing
Sep 19, 2014, at 04:01 pm
Mumbai, Sep 19 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a 12-hour deadline to its long-time ally Shiv Sena to decide on the issue of tough seat-sharing negotiation for the Maharashtra Assembly polls scheduled next month, reports said.
No breakthrough yet, BJP blames Sena for impasse
Sep 18, 2014, at 11:33 pm
New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS): BJP national President Amit Shah on Thursday dismissed reports that the party has made breakthrough in the seat sharing deal with Shiv Sena, for which the two parties were at logger-heads for the past few weeks. On the contrary, BJP has blamed its “Mahyuti†partner for coalition impasse.
Only "Sena-wave" in Maharashtra: Shiv Sena
Sep 17, 2014, at 10:38 pm
Mumbai, Sept 17 (IBNS): Hours before meeting BJP “emissary†Amit Shah who has arrived in Mumbai to consult seat-sharing for the upcoming Maharashtra elections, Shiv Sena on Wednesday once again warned its ally by saying, Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections are a different ball game altogether and that there is only one wave in the state -- Sena wave.
Amit Shah to hold meeting over seat-sharing for Maharashtra polls
Sep 17, 2014, at 04:49 pm
Mumbai, Sep 17 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah is scheduled to hold a meeting with the party’s core committee members in Mumbai on Wednesday evening, reports said.
'Excessive lust leads to divorce', says Sena chief
Sep 13, 2014, at 07:12 pm
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IBNS): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said, in an editorial of the party’s mouthpiece Saamna, that excessive lust leads to divorce and the allies in a coalition must dream of a victory first, reports said.
Change of plans, Amit to meet Uddhav
Sep 04, 2014, at 07:58 pm
Mumbai, Sept 4 (IBNS): In a recent ‘twist of tale’, BJP on Thursday announced that the party President Amit Shah will meet Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, media sources said.
Shiv Sena MPs force catering staff to break Ramzan fast, furor in Parliament
Jul 23, 2014, at 07:25 pm
Mumbai, July 23 (IBNS): A lawmaker from the Shiv Sena, Rajan Vichare, was caught on camera forcing a chapati in the mouth of a catering supervisor inside the Maharashtra Bhavan who happened to be a Muslim on a Ramzan fast while about 11 MPs of the party were accused of high handedness in dealing with the catering staff after they were angry over "poor quality of food."
Nitish Kumar's resignation a drama: Shiv Sena
May 20, 2014, at 04:33 pm
Mumbai, May 20 (IBNS) Key ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Shiv Sena, on Tuesday termed the resignation of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar as Bihar Chief Minister a 'drama'.
Get Rahul Gandhi married: Shiv Sena
Apr 14, 2014, at 03:56 pm
Mumbai, Apr 14 (IBNS) Defending Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on his marital status, ally Shiv Sena has said the Congress should get its vice president Rahul Gandhi married first before commenting on the issue.