<p>The BJP Wednesday challenged MNS chief Raj Thackeray to reveal the supposed negotiations between the two parties for a proposed alliance in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"He is most welcome to make public our secret discussions on the issue," Bharatiya Janata Party state chief Devendra Fadnavis said.<br /><br />He said the discussions between the two parties pertained only on the issue of consolidating opposition votes and prevent the ruling Congress-NCP from getting the benefit of a divided opposition.<br /><br />He reiterated that a coalition of the BJP, Shiv Sena and the Republican Party of India would win the next assembly elections due in 2014.<br /><br />Fadnavi's plain talk followed Raj Thackeray's threat to reveal the secret discussions between his MNS and the BJP.<br /><br />"I have clearly said that there should be no more talk on this issue by anybody. If anybody raises the matter again, I shall be forced to go public with the secret discussions held in this regard," Thackeray said.<br /><br />Incidentally, in the past few months, leaders of the all three parties in the Grand Alliance have been wooing the MNS to its fold, but the latter has not obliged.<br /><br />While Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray had publicly offered a welcome hand to the MNS, several leaders from the BJP and the RPI have met Raj Thackeray and solicited his support.</p>
<p>The BJP Wednesday challenged MNS chief Raj Thackeray to reveal the supposed negotiations between the two parties for a proposed alliance in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"He is most welcome to make public our secret discussions on the issue," Bharatiya Janata Party state chief Devendra Fadnavis said.<br /><br />He said the discussions between the two parties pertained only on the issue of consolidating opposition votes and prevent the ruling Congress-NCP from getting the benefit of a divided opposition.<br /><br />He reiterated that a coalition of the BJP, Shiv Sena and the Republican Party of India would win the next assembly elections due in 2014.<br /><br />Fadnavi's plain talk followed Raj Thackeray's threat to reveal the secret discussions between his MNS and the BJP.<br /><br />"I have clearly said that there should be no more talk on this issue by anybody. If anybody raises the matter again, I shall be forced to go public with the secret discussions held in this regard," Thackeray said.<br /><br />Incidentally, in the past few months, leaders of the all three parties in the Grand Alliance have been wooing the MNS to its fold, but the latter has not obliged.<br /><br />While Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray had publicly offered a welcome hand to the MNS, several leaders from the BJP and the RPI have met Raj Thackeray and solicited his support.</p>