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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the relationship between BJP and then undivided Shiv Sena was first broken in 2014 when the Shiv Sena insisted on contesting 151 assembly seats despite the offer of 147 seats. Devendra Fadnavis was speaking at a ceremony organized in honor of Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur. Mathur was in charge of Maharashtra of BJP in 2014.

Devendra Fadnavis said that the BJP had then planned to contest 127 seats and was ready to give 147 seats to the Shiv Sena (for the 288 -member state assembly elections). The Chief Minister of Maharashtra said, ‘We had offered the Shiv Sena to contest 147 seats and decided to contest 127 seats, while we believed that we would win more than 200 seats. It was decided to have Chief Minister Shiv Sena and Deputy Chief Minister BJP.

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Shiv Sena adamant 4 seats, so broken alliance

Devendra Fadnavis said without naming anyone, “We were told that Yuvraj has announced to contest 151 seats and he is not ready to withdraw from this number.” Fadnavis said that it seems that destiny had planned to make him the Chief Minister of the state. He also mentioned the discussions with senior BJP leader Amit Shah. He said, ‘We talked to Amit Shah and told him that this kind of behavior with us is not good. He spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Amit Shah, OP Mathur and I was confident that we would perform well in the 2014 assembly elections.

Alliance was broken due to senior BJP leaders: Raut

Reacting to the comments of Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday that many things happened and claimed that senior BJP leaders had already planned to break the relationship with Shiv Sena. Raut claimed, ‘Every seat was discussed for 72 hours. At that time, Om Mathur (BJP’s) Maharashtra was in charge. I will sincerely accept that Fadnavis was in favor of maintaining an alliance with the Shiv Sena. He wanted an alliance, but it broke because senior leaders of the party (BJP) wanted so.

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BJP-Shiv Sena alliance was again after the election

Both parties contested the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections separately. BJP won 122 seats, Shiv Sena 63, Congress 42 and Nationalist Congress Party won 41 seats and 7 seats went to others. After the election, the Shiv Sena once again joined hands with the BJP and the government was formed under the leadership of Devendra Fadnavis. In the 2019 assembly elections, the two parties contested together. The people of Maharashtra once again gave a majority to the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance (105 of BJP and 56 seats of Shiv Sena) with 161 seats, but the two again separated after differences on the issue of Chief Minister.

After five years, the paths were separated again with CM post

The Shiv Sena formed a government in Maharashtra in collaboration with NCP and Congress. Uddhav Thackeray became the Chief Minister. The Shiv Sena was divided after more than 40 Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde in June 2022 after revolting against the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray. The MLAs of Shinde faction accused Uddhav Thackeray of compromising the ideology of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray. He said that the people of Maharashtra had given a majority to the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, but Uddhav Thackeray joined hands with two parties (Congress and NCP) for the post of Chief Minister, Balasaheb Thackeray whose ideology was an outspoken critic.