Key Points
Leaders of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are upset about ally BJP's attempts to field its candidates in some of the Lok Sabha seats where the united Sena had contested in the last parliamentary elections...
This has led to some Shiv Sena leaders openly asking whether the BJP would like to remain the only party contesting the polls..
"They are claiming that they would fight from Raigad now, they are claiming the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg seat; this cannot happen," said Ramdas Kadam, a Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader..
According to some Shiv Sena leaders, the BJP has been staking claim over not just these two, but several Shiv Sena seats..
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