BJP tweets poster hinting 'Get In Line, Shiv Sena' amid Maha tussle

While the Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and CM Devendra Fadnavis have not clarified as to how the 'Mahayuti' will form the next government, BJP Spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, on Friday, continued to chide Shiv Sena. He took to Twitter to share a photo of a cartoon Fadnavis encouraging a 'Tiger' to jump through a hoop and return to his place. The BJP-Shiv Sena is currently in a tussle as both parties are unwilling to decide on a power-sharing formula.

BJP chides Shiv Sena to get back in line

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BJP-Sena Cartoon war 

Previously on October 25 too the Shiv Sena and BJP had engaged in a cartoon war. Bagga had tweeted an illustration that showed a puny Udhhav Thackeray standing on a stool demanding from the giant depiction of Devendra Fadnavis to call him elder brother, with the comment 'Don't be offended, its Diwali'. This was in retaliation to Shiv Sena's illustration of showing a tiger (symbol of the Shiv Sena) with a locket around its neck smelling a lotus (symbol of the BJP) with a caption, "Don't be offended, it is Diwali".

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Recent political BJP-Sena developments

While Shiv Sena has reiterated that it will accept only the 50:50 formula, BJP has denied of ever having agreed to such a formula reportedly offering 13 cabinet portfolios to Sena while keeping 26 for its ministers. Apart from Sena's portfolio demand, the party has demanded a sharing of 2.5 years in the CM post too ; this has been refused by CM Devendra Fadnavis, stating , 'The next govt will be formed under a BJP CM.' With no respite to the deadlock, Sena has been eyeing to gain support of the NCP-Congress alliance, which are currently discussing such a possibility. The BJP too has been gaining Independent MLAs support to fortify its position. Sources had reported that BJP chief Amit Shah is expected to visit soon to take a final call on the government formation.

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Poll results in Maharashtra 

The saffron alliance swept Maharashtra on October 24, winning a combined tally of 161 (BJP- 105, Sena -56) to award CM Devendra Fadnavis a second term. But the comeback of the 'Maha- Agadhi' alliance (NCP-Congress) took the Mahayuti by surprise as the NCP bagged 54 seats while the languishing Congress too bagged 44 seats. Though the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will form the next government, it was handed a diminished mandate compared to 2014 where it won 185 seats.

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