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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicBJP-Shiv Sena

Topic: BJP-Shiv Sena

Is Shiv Sena taking a huge political risk by separating from BJP in Maharashtra?

More than two weeks after Maharashtra election results, there is no clarity on who will form the government.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut hospitalised for chest pain

Sanjay Raut has been speaking to the media daily on the Shiv Sena's stand amid the ongoing standoff with BJP over the forming the Maharashtra govt.

No point continuing alliance with BJP if it won’t keep its promise: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said the BJP 'insulted' people's mandate by not abiding to the agreed upon 50:50 formula.

Sena MP Arvind Sawant quits Modi cabinet as party steps up efforts to form Maharashtra govt

Arvind Sawant, who holds heavy industries & public enterprises portfolio, said the BJP had broken the Shiv Sena's trust.

BJP says won’t form govt in Maharashtra, claims Shiv Sena ‘disrespected mandate’

BJP wished 'good luck' to ally Shiv Sena if it wanted to form govt with the help of opposition Congress and NCP

Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut uses Hitler reference to hit out at Devendra Fadnavis

Amid a bitter tussle between Shiv Sena and BJP, Raut has accused Fadnavis of playing 'politics of fear'.

Ayodhya’s post verdict march, Sitharaman’s measly 25,000 crore fund & Rahul’s SPG woes

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How Uddhav Thackeray shed his Rahul Gandhi image to be a Shiv Sena leader in his own right

In the tussle over Maharashtra’s CM post, Shiv Sena chief has emerged as the true kingmaker and shown to BJP he is done playing second fiddle.

Thackeray refutes Fadnavis’ claim on CM’s post, says BJP trying to portray him as a liar

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said he was hurt by the BJP making him out to be a liar, and said the deal over Maharashtra CM's post was made in Amit Shah's presence.

Fadnavis resigns as Maharashtra CM, says there was no agreement with Sena over CM’s post

Devendra Fadnavis blamed ally Shiv Sena for the impasse over government formation in Maharashtra, and attacked their “policy” of not talking to the BJP.

On Camera

MGNREGA was democratic state-building. VB-GRAMG turns welfare back to mai-baapism

MGNREGA empowered citizens to engage the state on equal terms. VB-GRAMG recasts them as labharthis, who must prove eligibility to receive the largesse of a benevolent leader.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.