Summary:
As per the seat sharing arrangement, BJP will contest 25 seats and its ally Shiv Sena will contest 23 seats. BJP has firmed up a comprehensive Lok Sabha election campaign strategy for Maharashtra, comprising rallies and joint meetings by the BJP and Shiv Sena leaders, house-to-house contact, padayatras and the high-decibel media blitzkrieg. BJP president Amit Shah has set an ambitious target of winning 43 seats in the state. He informed that at the national level, the party launched a poll campaign on March 24 through 500 rallies, including 15 in Maharashtra. The party will also target the Congress on its minimum income guarantee scheme by terming it a bluff..