Modi moves to mollify Shiv Sena
With the Shiv Sena making veiled threats of breaking ranks, the Bharatiya Janata Party quickly moved into damage control mode and sought to explain away its overtures to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. By Tuesday night, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi telephoned Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray to reassure him that the alliance remained strong and would contest the polls together, BJP sources said.
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