09-12-2007, 03:19 AM
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Yogesh Vajpeyi | New Delhi
Advani, Uddhav meet to cement ties
Ironing out contentious issues that had soured their relations since the presidential election, the BJP and the Shiv Sena have decided to continue their 20-year-old alliance and fight the Congress-led Governments in Maharashtra and New Delhi.
"We will further consolidate our alliance, which is based on our shared belief in Hindutva, so that we can dislodge the Congress and its allies from power," Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray told mediapersons on Tuesday.
Flanked by BJP national general secretary Gopinath Munde and the party's State chief Nitin Gadkari, Udhav admitted that some misunderstandings had developed between the two allies after the Shiv Sena backed UPA nominee Pratibha Patil in the presidential election.
"But we have sorted out things and forgotten recent strains in our longstanding relationship," he announced after a meeting with senior BJP leader LK Advani and party chief Rajnath Singh.
Party sources said Advani had played a key role in bringing together Udhav Thackeray and the BJP leaders from Maharashtra, who had been clamouring for parting of ways.
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Everyone is busy forming alliance,
till now -
BJP+ Shiv Sena + AIIDMK +JD(U) + SAD
Congress + DMK + RJD
Lets see which side Paswan jumps.
Yogesh Vajpeyi | New Delhi
Advani, Uddhav meet to cement ties
Ironing out contentious issues that had soured their relations since the presidential election, the BJP and the Shiv Sena have decided to continue their 20-year-old alliance and fight the Congress-led Governments in Maharashtra and New Delhi.
"We will further consolidate our alliance, which is based on our shared belief in Hindutva, so that we can dislodge the Congress and its allies from power," Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray told mediapersons on Tuesday.
Flanked by BJP national general secretary Gopinath Munde and the party's State chief Nitin Gadkari, Udhav admitted that some misunderstandings had developed between the two allies after the Shiv Sena backed UPA nominee Pratibha Patil in the presidential election.
"But we have sorted out things and forgotten recent strains in our longstanding relationship," he announced after a meeting with senior BJP leader LK Advani and party chief Rajnath Singh.
Party sources said Advani had played a key role in bringing together Udhav Thackeray and the BJP leaders from Maharashtra, who had been clamouring for parting of ways.
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Everyone is busy forming alliance,
till now -
BJP+ Shiv Sena + AIIDMK +JD(U) + SAD
Congress + DMK + RJD
Lets see which side Paswan jumps.