The BJP's low strike rate in the recent Lok Sabha polls has worked almost like a morale booster for its Mahayuti alliance partners in the state.
Unhappy at the way they were dominated by the BJP before the Lok Sabha polls while working out a seat-sharing formula, now partners Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar are getting on the offensive. Posturing has begun ahead of the seat talks and the Shinde group has publicly demanded 100 seats in a 288-strong House. Some in the Ajit Pawar group have begun blaming certain BJP leaders for having planted claims in the media that the bad performance of the alliance was mainly because of the inclusion of Ajit Pawar in the Mahayuti.
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