Raj Thackeray: Can 'marathi manus' add fire power to BJP alliance?

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On Tuesday, Raj Thackeray met Union home minister Amit Shah in the national capital in the presence of BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde..

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leaving no stone unturned to hit its lofty target of 400 Lok Sabha seats for its National Democratic Allliance (NDA)..

It might add another partner to its Mahyuti alliance in Maharashtra which includes Shiv Sena headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who broke ranks with his uncle Sharad Pawar and got control over the party...

If MNS joins NDA, BJP will pit Thackeray against Thackeray to counter the influence of Uddhav, who heads one faction of the Shiv Sena and is part of Maha Vikas Aghadi -- the opposition alliance in the state..

As the BJP is in negotiations with Mahayuti alliance comprising Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party-Ajit Pawar faction on the seat-sharing formula, some reports emerged about BJP having talks with MNS...

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