The mighty Shiv Sena suffered a massive shock of its lifetime due to the revolt by the rebel leaders. The Hindutva party did not come out of the shock and the Maharashtra-based party is still trying to fight the rebel leaders. Shiv Sena is fighting against the rebel leaders with a disqualification petition.
Now the party took a strong call as far as the Presidential polls are concerned and decided to support Droupadi Murmu, who was fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a big decision as Shiv Sena's ally parties Congress and NCP are supporting Yashwant Sinha for the polls.
Though Shiv Sena wants to support Yashwant Sinha, the party leaders expressed their interest in supporting Murmu as she hails from the ST community. Even a few MPs from Shiv Sena are also in touch with Eknath Shinde. Having learned from Shinde's row, Shiv Sena decided to support Murmu in the presidential polls.
Keeping the political crisis created by the BJP aside, Shiv Sena decided to support Murmu. There is a strong reason behind this, the ST community is one of the big communities in Maharashtra as far as the votes are concerned.
If it supports Sinha in the Presidential polls, then it will have to forget the votes from the ST community in the elections as the Bharatiya Janata Party is strongly endorsing the candidature of Murmu for the Presidential candidate.
Looking at all these factors, Shiv Sena decided to support Murmu. This should be seen as another big blow to the Shiv Sena by the Bharatiya Janata Party. In short gaps, the saffron party gave back-to-back blows to fellow Hindutva party.
Now the party took a strong call as far as the Presidential polls are concerned and decided to support Droupadi Murmu, who was fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a big decision as Shiv Sena's ally parties Congress and NCP are supporting Yashwant Sinha for the polls.
Though Shiv Sena wants to support Yashwant Sinha, the party leaders expressed their interest in supporting Murmu as she hails from the ST community. Even a few MPs from Shiv Sena are also in touch with Eknath Shinde. Having learned from Shinde's row, Shiv Sena decided to support Murmu in the presidential polls.
Keeping the political crisis created by the BJP aside, Shiv Sena decided to support Murmu. There is a strong reason behind this, the ST community is one of the big communities in Maharashtra as far as the votes are concerned.
If it supports Sinha in the Presidential polls, then it will have to forget the votes from the ST community in the elections as the Bharatiya Janata Party is strongly endorsing the candidature of Murmu for the Presidential candidate.
Looking at all these factors, Shiv Sena decided to support Murmu. This should be seen as another big blow to the Shiv Sena by the Bharatiya Janata Party. In short gaps, the saffron party gave back-to-back blows to fellow Hindutva party.