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Sena not to ally with NCP
Mumbai, Jan 07: Shiv Sena tonight formally decidedagainst allying with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP for theforthcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Maharashtra.
Mumbai, Jan 07: Shiv Sena tonight formally decided
against allying with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP for the
forthcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Maharashtra.
A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level
meeting of Sena leadership held at `Matoshree`, the suburban
Bandra residence of Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.
"We have decided not to ally with NCP", leader of the
opposition in state assembly Narayan Rane told reporters after
the meeting.
Rane said there were reports in a section of the media
about possible alliance between Sena-BJP and NCP but "we have
decided not to join hands with NCP”.
Rane refused to take any other question saying the party
will issue a detailed press note in this connection. The Sena`s stance comes in the backdrop of Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani`s recent meeting with the Sena Supremo in
an effort to persuade Thackeray to allow NCP join the NDA at
the Centre.
Besides Bal Thackeray, Sena executive president Udhav
Thackeray, Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi, Narayan Rane, Sena
leaders Sushir Joshi and Pramod Navalkar also attended the
meeting.
Bureau Report