Shiv Sena refutes Congress claim, says no question of it allying with Cong in 2014

Slamming ally-turned-foe BJP, Shiv Sena on Wednesday, said that re was question of Sena approaching Congress to form government in 2014 due to Congress' diminished state, via an editorial in its mouthpiece  Saamana. Recalling temporary split between BJP and Shiv Sena during 2014 election – as y contested separately – Saamana stated taht Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan's comments were t logical and cant be taken seriously. Furrmore, Saamana added that BJP's real face has been unmasked w as even if Shiv Sena (63), NCP (41) and Congress(42) had teamed toger ir total (144) seats would t have formed a strong government in 2014, unlike w.

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Congress: Shiv Sena wanted to ally in 2014 also

On Monday, Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan revealed that Shiv Sena had proposed to form a coalition government with his party and NCP after 2014 assembly election to stop BJP from coming to power in state. But Congress had immediately rejected proposal n, Chavan said. Even after assembly election in 2019, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was t ready for a coalition with Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena but she relented after long deliberations, he added.

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NCP contradicts Congress

Disagreeing with ally Congress, NCP spokesperson and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik flatly refused that re were any talks with Shiv Sena and NCP-Congress regarding an alliance in 2014. He said that Congress may have been in talks with Sena but t NCP. BJP has hit out at Sena's double standards claiming that ir former ally had always gunned against it.

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Discontent after Cabinet expansion

se comments come under growing among Sena-NCP-Congress after expansion of Maharashtra cabinet with Sena MP Sanjay Raut reportedly unhappy as his bror Sunil Raut missed out on a Cabinet berth while senior party MLA Abdul Sattar was initially miffed over getting just a Minister of State position. Apart from this, re is a feeling in Sena camp that NCP has walked away with t only highest number of portfolios but also most important ones as Sena, for example, had to cede Home and Finance portfolio. Shiv Sena is currently in power with a shaky alliance with Aghadi partners Congress and NCP, while its Mahayuti ally BJP is in Opposition.

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