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After the BJP Maharashtra state party president Chandrakant Patil made a stunning claim that BJP would form government in the state with 119 MLA’s and support of Independents, Shiv Sena has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata party is now banking on horse trading to come to power.
Sena said that BJP after backing off initially, makes its intention of horse-trading under the guise of President’s rule evident.
In its mouthpiece Saamana, Sena also hit out at former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis over his remark that the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party -Congress alliance won’t last beyond six months, saying the new political equation was giving “stomach ache to several people”.
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil had recently said that they will soon form government in the state, claiming that his party can count on support of 119 MLAs in the 288-member Assembly.
“Those with 105 seats had earlier conveyed to the governor that they do not have the majority. How come are they now claiming that only they will form the government?” Sena said in Saamana.
“The intention of horse-trading stand exposed now. The lies of those promising transparent governance are becoming evident now,” it said, adding that “unethical” ways do not suit the tradition of the state.
Maharashtra has been under President’s rule after no party or alliance staked claim to form government or conveyed support of adequate number of MLAs to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
