Rift appears in BJP-Shiv Sena ties over presidency
Pti, New Delhi
Rift appeared yesterday between the BJP and the Shiv Sena as the saffron party accused its oldest ideological ally from Maharasthra of entering into a deal with the Congress by supporting UPA-Left Presidential candidate Prathibha Patil.BJP General Secretary Gopinath Munde alleged that the Shiv Sena has betrayed his party by not backing NDA-supported candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. "This is a betrayal. The Shiv Sena is into a deal with the Congress," Munde remarked, alleging the alliance partner had agreed to throw its weight behind Patil in exchange for a promise that its former Sena leader Narayan Rane would not be appointed chief minister of Maharasthra ever.
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