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Sena-BJP-RPI 'Grand Alliance' ready for
Mumbai civic polls
Thursday January 12, 2012 09:30:11 PM,
IANS
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Republican Party of India
Thursday announced their 'Grand Alliance' would sweep the
forthcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections and then
focus on capturing the state assembly.
According to the formula hammered out after a week of hectic
parleys, the Shiv Sena will contest 135, the BJP 63 and the RPI 29
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Thackeray said.
"We tried to give more to our new ally (RPI), but the Grand
Alliance is not merely election-oriented, it is to counter the
Congress-NCP all over the state," Thackeray said.
Terming the 'Grand Alliance' as "historic", he said it would sweep
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Welcoming the combination of "Shiv Shakti with Bhim Shakti", RPI
chief Ramdas Athavale said, "This is just the beginning."
"Our main target is bagging the Maharashtra assembly in the next
elections (in 2014)," Athavale declared.
Athavale also said that the sulking senior RPI constituent Dalit
Panthers Party leader Namdeo Dhasal was "very much a part of the
Grand Alliance", though he was absent from Thursday's media
gathering.
BJP state president Sudhir Mungantiwar, endorsing the move, said
the 'Grand Alliance' would forge "a new era" in Maharashtra
politics.
"We shall not allow the corrupt Congress-NCP to gain control over
the BMC. Our alliance will not permit them to step anywhere close
to it," Mungantiwar said.
Expressing pride over the SS-BJP's past five years' performance in
the BMC, Thackeray called Athavale "a true friend" of the two
parties.
The developments came a day after the Congress-NCP combine
announced their first-time alliance for the civic polls by
deciding to contest 169 and 58 seats respectively.
Referring to it, Athavale said: "They are two 'pehelwans'
(wrestlers), we are three 'pehelwans', so we shall succeed in
capturing the BMC."
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