Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra has been severely strained and the parties are unlikely to contest Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation elections together, said sources on Tuesday.
According to the sources, the snapping of ties in KDMC polls could be made official today and Shiv Sena candidates may file nomination papers for the 122 seats on Tuesday.
The Sena embarrassed the BJP-led government on Monday by attacking Sudheendra Kulkarni and smearing his face with black paint in protest against organising former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's book launch in Mumbai.
Earlier, threats by Sena led to the cancellation of Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali's concert.
Cracks started appearing in the alliance ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Cabinet and did not include any Sena MP and unable to reach seat-sharing formula in Maharashtra Assembly elections resulted in parties breaking the 25-year-old alliance.
Recently, the Sena was sidelined by the BJP after it did not invite party president Uddhav Thackeray for Modi's functions in Mumbai. Modi laid the foundation stone for Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's memorial at Indu Mills in Dadar and conducted 'bhoomi pujan' for two new Metro lines at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), where he also addressed a rally.
The invitation was sent only at the 11th hour and Uddhav decided to visit Marathwada to review the drought situation there.
With new episode unfolding almost everyday in the BJP-Sena alliance, it is to be seen whether the alliance will be able to survive the test of the time.
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