BJP-ally Shiv Sena announces to contest 2019 elections alone
Shiv Sena has announced that it would contest the Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly elections scheduled for 2019 alone. Currently, the Maharashtra government is being run by the coalition of BJP and Shiv Sena. The announcement comes a month after Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray claimed that the party will break ties with BJP in the state within a year.