Mumbai, Nov 14 (PTI) In what could strain its ties with ally Shiv Sena, an article in the state house journal of BJP has said the Sena''s strength in Maharashtra is less than what its leaders have projected. Last month''s Assembly elections saw the Sena, which got two seats less than its partner, conceding the Opposition leader''s post that it held for over a decade, to BJP, which had 46 MLAs.
State BJP journal ''Manogat'' said the party had done well in the Assembly polls and it was the the Sena which had suffered a setback. "BJP made a compromise in the elections to keep the alliance with Sena intact.
But the poll results showed which party was stronger," the article said. BJP contested 119 seats as per the pre-poll pact with the Sena, which fought 179.
"It is clear that Sena''s strength was less than what its leaders proclaimed," the article said. Senior Sena leader Subhash Desai said he was aware of the article.
"They (BJP) have expressed their views. Sena chief Bal Thackeray has said that as there is a low tide, there will also be a high tide," Desai told PTI. "Shiv Sena has seen a lot of such highs and lows.
It will rise again like a Phoenix," Desai, group leader of the party in Assembly, said. .
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Sena overestimated its strength in Maha: BJP journal