Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Vinod Tawde said that his party’s decision to align with the Shiv Sena in the 2019 Assembly election in Maharashtra might have been a mistake as the Uddhav Thackeray-led party could have never digested ‘playing second fiddle’ in the alliance.
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“We should have never aligned with the Shiv Sena in the 2019 Assembly election. They (Shiv Sena) could never accept a subordinate role in the alliance,” he told a news channel.
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Mr. Tawde said that there were two thoughts on the alliance with Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena. “While some were in favour, some said there was no need. Even I felt the alliance was unnecessary,” he said, adding that the Sena breaking the alliance with the BJP had done long-term damage to the stand of Sena founder, late Bal Thackeray.
