00:00Meanwhile, there's a war of words and rift that has emerged in the Mahayuti also as far as the
00:05MLC polls are concerned. This has happened in Maharashtra where the BJP is now attacking
00:11Shiv Sena, its ally Shiv Sena and it has said that Shiv Sena kept its own interests above
00:17the alliance and it did not support the NCP candidate and that led to the defeat of the
00:24Mahayuti in Maharashtra on the Pune seat. In fact, there are fresh cracks that have now
00:34emerged in Mahayuti. There's a war of words that has now erupted in Mahayuti in Maharashtra
00:40with BJP now questioning its own ally Shiv Sena's approach. The BJP has accused its ally,
00:46which is led by Eknar Shinde, the Deputy Chief Minister, of failing to back the alliance in
00:53the MLC polls. The BJP alleges the Sena instead supported an independent candidate and campaigned
00:58against its Mahayuti ally, the NCP. It has further accused the Sena of prioritizing its
01:04own interests, alleging that its actions were driven by a bid to secure the Pune MLC seat.
01:09My colleague Divesh Singh is now joining us with more details on this. Divesh, tell us more
01:14about these cracks that have now emerged in Mahayuti over the MLC polls. What is the BJP
01:20alleging? Well, the BJP has alleged that Shiv Sena did not follow the Mahayuti alliance and supported
01:28an independent candidate, Sachin Sanab, in the Pune constituency, in the Pune teacher's constituency.
01:34They did not back the BJP candidate who was there, who was also contesting elections. And that is why,
01:43but eventually, the BJP candidate did, was victorious in these MLC elections, in the Pune teacher's constituency.
01:52Remember, there were around five seats in various constituencies that were being contested at,
01:57of which Mahayuti ally partners won two seats, while the NCP, Sharad Chandra Power Party won two seats,
02:06and one has been won by the Congress party. And after the results, the BJP leaders who made these
02:13allegations against Eknath, Shinde, Ranjshir Sena, that they were not following the Mahayuti alliance,
02:19and they were not supporting the Mahayuti candidate who was contesting the election in the Pune teacher's
02:25constituency. Eventually, the candidate backed by support, who won the Pune teacher's constituency seat,
02:33was Khaustub Gowde.
02:36All right, Divyesh, do stay with us. So, that's what's happening in Maharashtra. After the MLC poll results,
02:42there's a rift, there are cracks which have emerged in the Mahayuti, with the BJP now attacking
02:47the Shinde Sena, saying that how the Shinde Sena prioritized its own interests and did not back
02:54the NCP candidate that led to the defeat.
