Shiv Sena-BJP tie-up would not break: Fadnavis

The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance was strong as it was based on ideology, Maharashtra BJP president Devendra Fadnavis said here on Wednesday.

‘BJP will try to release the first list of its candidates for the Assembly polls by 15 August after consulting Sena and other constituents of Maha-yuti (the opposition alliance which includes Sena and BJP),’ Fadnavis told reporters, after a meeting of BJP’s state core committee, attended by functionaries from Mumbai, Thane and Konkan.

At a recent internal meeting, several BJP leaders had openly said that the party should quit the alliance as it was stunting its growth in the state. ‘BJP will never break the alliance because it is based on ideology. It is time to fight unitedly against the Congress and NCP for a better state,’ he said.