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In the 1984 general election, Shiv Sena formed its first alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena candidates fought on BJP's lotus symbol. [38] [41] The party began a coalition with the BJP for seats in the Lok Sabha and the Maharashtra Assembly from 1989.
Mar 28, 2024 · 1995: Formed an alliance with BJP and came to power in Maharashtra for the first time. Shiv Sena won the state elections in Maharashtra and formed the government with Bal Thackeray's close aide...
Sep 22, 2014 · After a four-year break, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance (or Yuti) as we know it today, was formed 25 years ago in 1989, largely thanks to the efforts of the late Pramod Mahajan, then a BJP...
Nov 7, 2019 · A formal alliance was formed for the 1989 Lok Sabha election, in which the BJP was to contest on 22 of the 48 parliamentary seats in the state and Shiv Sena on 6. Hindutva was the glue that bound them together and presented them as one unit to the voters of Maharashtra, election after election.
Nov 14, 2019 · Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP emerged as the single largest party, winning 105 of the 288 seats in the state assembly. Its long-time ally and ideological bedfellow, Shiva Sena, got 56...
5 days ago · During the late 1980s and early ’90s, the Shiv Sena allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to obtain seats in the Lok Sabha and the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, and with that affiliation their rhetoric moved from Maharashtrian nativist to staunchly Hindu nationalist.
Jan 25, 2022 · Together, the BJP and Shiv Sena ruled Maharashtra for nine years and seven months in two separate stints. A look at the trajectory of their relationship, gains and losses, and the current hostility.
The Shiv Sena, the oldest ally of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), surprised everyone by parting ways with the BJP after the assembly election results came out on October 24. On the face of...
Nov 4, 2019 · The Shiv Sena and the BJP finalised their alliance in 1989, thanks mainly to the efforts of Pramod Mahajan, the late BJP leader from Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena was the senior party in the alliance then. In 1990 Maharashtra election, the Shiv Sena got 183 of 288 assembly seats in the alliance.
Feb 20, 2019 · The Sena had to look for Opposition space after the BJP had emerged the single largest party in Maharashtra. Later, the Sena had to backtrack because of pressure from most of its 18 Lok Sabha members and 63 MLAs, who were keen on an alliance with the BJP.
