<div align="justify">Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday lived up to the BJP’s poster boy image as the party managed to put up a neck-and-neck fight with ally Shiv Sena in Mumbai.<br /><br />With favourable results in his maiden electoral test, Fadnavis has strengthened his position in the party in Maharashtra.<br /><br />The chief minister attributed the victory to BJP’s “transparent politics and the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. BJP national president Amit Shah congratulated Fadnavis on the “unprecedented success”.<br /><br />The BJP is now set to “nail” Shiva Sena’s acerbic campaign against its government in the state and the Centre. <br /><br />The party leaders said their decision to go it alone proved right and the result will strengthen their political call to charter an independent course to contain a recalcitrant ally in Maharastra. <br />Though state BJP leaders said that the Sena and BJP will share power in BMC, the central leadership hinted that it will flaunt its new-found strength to humble the coalition partner even if it joins hands at the civic level as it did after the Assembly polls.</div>
<div align="justify">Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday lived up to the BJP’s poster boy image as the party managed to put up a neck-and-neck fight with ally Shiv Sena in Mumbai.<br /><br />With favourable results in his maiden electoral test, Fadnavis has strengthened his position in the party in Maharashtra.<br /><br />The chief minister attributed the victory to BJP’s “transparent politics and the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. BJP national president Amit Shah congratulated Fadnavis on the “unprecedented success”.<br /><br />The BJP is now set to “nail” Shiva Sena’s acerbic campaign against its government in the state and the Centre. <br /><br />The party leaders said their decision to go it alone proved right and the result will strengthen their political call to charter an independent course to contain a recalcitrant ally in Maharastra. <br />Though state BJP leaders said that the Sena and BJP will share power in BMC, the central leadership hinted that it will flaunt its new-found strength to humble the coalition partner even if it joins hands at the civic level as it did after the Assembly polls.</div>
