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"Neither BJP nor Sena wants to leave the Kalyan seat for the partner. This, despite BJP being fully aware that Sena holds sway in the constituency, which has over 16 lakh voters," said a senior Sena leader.
"There was an overwhelming sentiment at a meeting of senior Sena leaders here last night that at no cost should the Sena relinquish claim on Kalyan seat," the leader said.
"If BJP state unit president Nitin Gadkari can try to browbeat us by asking for our unconditional support to Advani's candidature, then Sena should also adopt a strong position on Kalyan seat," he said.
Gadkari had objected to a statement of Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut that Sena chief Bal Thackeray and the Marathi people wanted a Marathi (read NCP chief Sharad Pawar) as the Prime Minister.
"BJP leaders have now decided to directly ask Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray to explain his party's position on the issue of Advani's candidature," a state BJP functionary said.
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why bjp is attaching too much importance to the Thakery family?
BJP cares for shivsena because other than itself it is only shivsena in the whole of india which protects hindus from the onslaught of cultural invasion.
Dear Shri Advani, The uncomfortable reactions of NDA's allies mainly on your projection as the PM candidate, should be noted seriously, if you have a love for the party, which you set up 20 years back. You did a lot of spade work alongwith Atalji; but the situation now is entirely different, which you should not pretend to have not seen or not felt. When the people gave BJP a chance to rule the country and you being Dy.PM of the country, there was no effort to construct the Ram Temple. You can term it as a Govt. under agreed common programme; but the people voted BJP mainly for that. Now, when the election announced, you again went to the people as the PM candidate of BJP - not NDA as many of them yet to accept it - that construction of Ram Mandir is priority. The common people feel that you were fooling them and your allies are uncomfortable with your leadership. With this situation, why are you leading the party. Please handover the mantle to Narendra Modi and leave the allies.
No Marathi PM or UP PM. We need a PM for the 'whole country' which can be achieved only voting for BJP.
Dear Mr. Thkare,,you have to understand that inthe political map you are described as a Hidutwa face. If the NDA will fail in the gen election all media will sing it as a failure of Hindutwa only. Do you want to hear it? Why cant you and your party support Advani as P.M? Or you support Sonia? You dont need to go to "Purana" for the story of father's love to his son and is consequences....please look in the story of congress veteran in Kerala ( Mr. Karunakaran) ..do you want the same postion that he is enjoying right now in Kerala in your Maharashtra for you? In fact you people are the very enemies of Bharat.
The BJP leadership is arrogant. BJP has a hard time to communicate to hindus on hindu agenda, without Ram Janmabhoomi. How can you connect to voters? Advaniji needs to realize that it is easy to ignite passion by Rath Yatra, but hard to garnish votes election after election without any tangible progress on issue. A neta becomes all talk and no action, just like congress, ie hopelessness for indians. Jo karta hai wo bharta hai...
Fools can stay together only for so long. People of India should reject all the idiots who bring caste and religion into public life.
The BJP does not want to be a national party. It never tried to be one seeking alliance and hiding behind NDA issues not to resolve the Ram janambhoomi issue after destroying Babri. This is pathetic for Hindus and the opportunistic Advaniji must be dumped for supporting Vajpayee on Lahore Yatra, Secular Jinnah, LoC as border, no response for Kargil and then no response for parliament attack etc etc. If Advani thinks hindus are his vote bank, he will wake up to new reality after elections. BJP as a party has no guts to perform as a healthy party. Rajnath Singh has not done business of people at BJP party during last five years. People are demanding change in form of good governance, more opportunities and real GDP growth that amounts to good jobs for more Indians (not like Chiddu's 8% cooked up numbers). Instead, BJP supported Congress and never demanded a military action against pakistan!! Not me, but many are questioning, Advani for PM?
advani pm wish will never be fulfilled he truly a corrupt plotician at this age he should go to ashram and pray to god to forgive his all bad deeds
Disppointingly, the Elections have become another area for the politicians to settle personal agenda and to encourge corruption in all forms right from the level of seat sharing in the name of alliance. I wonder whether Mahatma Gandhi would have fought so hard for freedom had he known the quality of the Politicians of future. Almost every party head wants to be a Prime Minister - there are offers and counter offers in seat sharing to clinch the deals. The possibility of getting the just and fair politician may remain an Utopian Dream
There is no doubt on the winning of BJP in th elections and Advani becoming PM. Therefore Shiv Sena should support Advani's candidature and not Pawar who as in clear terms rejected Sena's overtures. Only BJP can be its ally. By trying to express its support to PM candidature of Pawar, Sena is making a mockery of itself. How can one support a rival and also WIN THE ELECTIONS..... IS SENA OUT OF SENSES?
Please let "Bad"vani become PM at least for a day. Otherwise, his unsatisfied spirit will hound us Indians!
The old order must give way to the new. Mr. Advani should gracefully withdraw and allow the party to elect an younger person to take on the mantle. Otherwise, he will have the same fate as Mr. Moraji Desai who achieved his ambition to become PM of India but became a failed PM and had to be thrown out disgracefully
This is not the right thing to insist on the Marathi PM. Because in a country of over a billion of population no quota or priviledge to a particular state or family to hold the PM's post
Shiv Sena will go to any lenght to appoint a marathi PM irrespective of the ability. Did we not see that in case of Pratibha Patil?
Anyone, but BJP.
Mr. Nautankee, u u/stood well. T/fore, vote for cong. Cong is the party that pays respect to all religion
Your comments are like your Name. Can you name any rhyme or reason as to why Hindus will loose respect. If you a Hindue and averse to Hindu Religion, you are free to change. All people are born Hindus, rest all are converts. BJP is a national party with Governments in so many states. People there are happy that is why they re-elected them. Even during the period, BJP was part of the Government at the centre, we made very good progress. The future of the Country lies with BJP. Mind it India is SECULAR TILL HINDUS ARE IN MAJORITY.
The very fact that BJP has stooped so low as to seek alliance with such groupings as Thackrey Senas shows that BJP has lost confidence in its support among Indian people. The best thing BJP can do to enlarge its voter base is to throw away Sena .
Satindar is absolutely right. For how many years BJP going to on the tune of regional party like shivasena,who are careless about national politics . Infact congress also should end up ties with regional parties. Let regional parties do whatever they want,definately elections will happen again and again till people gives clear mandate to either BJP or Congress. Both these truly national parties should not bow down for bright future of our nation.
Advani gets PM post. Thakeray family will get the rule over this state and the Maharastrian youth will end up in slums throwing stones at others. A fine future for our country and state
Youth ending up in slums is already achieved under UPA. UPA is taking credit for creating slumdogs and has purchased rights to use 'jai ho' as campaign slogan.
So Richard, you want Sonia to get PM's post, Gandhi family to rule over this country so that we Indians are made to dance to the westerners' tune? Advaniji anyday is much better than this threatening scenario.
Mr. Richard, probably you seem to be poor in History, For a certain time when BJP lead Government was at Centre, Shiv Sena BJP were ruling Maharashtra, I do not think that any problems arose due to that. So how could you speculate some thing now. BJP is lead by people of Indian origin, not by person of some FOREIGN origin, who got married to an INDIAN
Even if this alliance materializes despite all these brickbats, it is not going to be a smooth one and may not work at the ground level. Prospects are quite bright for the Congress-NCP alliance to improve their tally from the present 24 seats to may be over 30 seats