Will not ally with BJP in 2019 General Elections and Maharashtra assembly polls: Shiv Sena

After a period of long going threats, Shiv Sena on Tuesday cleared the air on whether it will ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019 General Elections and Maharashtra Assembly polls, party leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that it will fight in the forthcoming elections alone. The party which is currently aligned with the BJP in both the center and state has decided to go alone in the two major elections of 2019. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena have aligned for the past 25 years irrespective of the fact whether they have been into power or not. In the recent past, Shiv Sena at many fronts had raised voice against the function of the current BJP-led government at the center and criticised various policies and the way the government has worked on to bring reforms.