It isn't just a tussle for the post of Chief Minister or a deputy but the BJP-Shiv Sena difference goes much beyond - including allocation of key portfolios.
In the outgoing government, the Shiv Sena has got a raw deal from the Devendra Fadnavis-led dispensation.
There are three basic reasons for that - the BJP and Shiv Sena had contested the elections separately in 2014, the Fadnavis government came to power through 'indirect and unconditional' support of NCP, and Sena sat in Opposition benches only to walk into the government a month later.
(Published 30 October 2019, 02:03 IST)
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