Shiv Sena to fight BMC polls alone, rules out alliance with BJP

January 26, 2017 19:57

Ruling out alliance with the BJP, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray said that his party will contest the Mumbai civic polls alone.

"I will not go into alliance, from now the fight has started, said Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at a rally.

"In 50 years of Sena's existence, 25 years were wasted because of the alliance. We're not greedy for power," Uddhav said.

The BMC polls will be held on February 21, and results will be announced on February 23.

The Shiv Sena is the key ally of the ruling BJP in Maharashtra as well as at the Centre. However, the two parties contested the 2014 assembly elections separately and later joined hands to form the government.

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