BJP reviewing alliance with Sena: Munde

Friday, August 3, 2007, 21:40 [IST]

Bhopal, Aug 3 (UNI) BJP General Secretary Gopinath Munde today said that a review was underway to determine the future of the party's alliance with the Shiv Sena.

''First, the Sena supported Congress candidate Pratibha Patil in the recent presidential poll and is now bringing up (Union Agriculture Minister) Sharad Pawar's name for the Prime Minister's post,'' he told journalists here.

A Maharashtra-level committee was constituted for the review, he added.

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