Summary:
On Monday, BJP president Amit Shah, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray announced the alliance between the two parties, months after Shiv Sena had announced it would contest all future elections without the BJP. Be it Shivaji Maharaj or the Shiv Sena chief [late Bal Thackeray]," the editorial said. The decision to enter a poll pact has led to intense reactions from Sena cadres and second-rung leadership. An editorial in Saamana said on Wednesday that BJP chief Shah had come to the Thackeray residence, Matoshree, in Bandra, after which he was told about Sena's reservations in 'Thackeray manner' (the caustic language Sena is known for). Hoping to soothe simmering discontent within its ranks over its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena leadership claimed in party mouthpiece Saamana that it has communicated its reservations about the BJP's behaviour to the Amit Shah-led party in strong language, and only then decided to give the relationship another shot..