The Shiv Sena is dealing with rebellious leaders as the BJP becomes the dominant partner in the alliance
Days after the Shiv Sena decided to join hands with the BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly polls, putting aside its earlier resolution to contest elections independently, cracks have appeared in the alliance. Shiv Sena leader and minister of state for animal husbandry and fisheries Arjun Khotkar has announced that he will contest the Jalna Lok Sabha seat against Maharashtra BJP chief Raosaheb Danve, who is the sitting MP. While Khotkar is a three-time MLA from Jalna, in the last Lok Sabha election, Danve won the seat for the fourth time.
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