Shah holds meeting with Shinde, Ajit Pawar in Mumbai, discusses Lok Sabha polls

The Maha Yuti is expected to finalise its seat sharing for the Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra after the meeting

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Part of the BJP’s troubles in Maharashtra is the result of its domineering stance towards allies.

The developments over the past month show that the BJP is playing big brother and Devendra Fadnavis is the main power center

The Maharashtra chief minister and his deputy are on tour in New Delhi since Friday

The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won an absolute majority in the election but could not form the government over issue of chief ministerial post

The BJP, sources said, is unwilling to the Sena’s proposal of contetsing on equal number of seats and sharing the chief minister’s post.

Sena said ban on NaMo TV could have been avoided if BJP was satified with coverage being given to PM Modi's rallies on electronic channels.

The Shiv Sena and the Akali Dal are the BJP’s oldest allies.

Although alliance talks are still underway between the two parties, no one wants to be unprepared on any of the 48 LS seats in Maharashtra.

A senior BJP leader admitted that the setback suffered by his party will surely have a bearing on the upcoming polls.