Summary:
The BJP's newly appointed state unit chief Chandrakant Patil said the Shiv Sena owed its success in the Lok Sabha polls to the BJP. Our role was instrumental in the Shiv Sena's Lok Sabha wins. The vote share of the Congress has not shown a massive plunge in the Lok Sabha polls. He was speaking at a meeting of the BJP state executives on Sunday. "Will we be able to form the government if they contest in an alliance and if we (Sena, BJP) fight alone?.