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Sena dashes BJP hopes, rejects NCP

The Shiv Sena tonight closed the door on Sharad Pawar-led NCP, formally rejecting an alliance with the party for the coming Lok Sabha and as...

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The Shiv Sena tonight closed the door on Sharad Pawar-led NCP, formally rejecting an alliance with the party for the coming Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Maharashtra.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting of the Sena leadership at Bal Thackeray’s ‘Matoshree’ residence. Later, Sena leader in the Assembly Narayan Rane told reporters: ‘‘We have decided not to ally with the NCP.’’

Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani had recently met Thackeray in an effort to persuade him to let Pawar join the NDA at the Centre.

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