Shiv Sena woos Gujaratis for BMC Polls 2017

The Gujaratis have always traditionally voted for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). This is the reason that the Shiv Sena has always had uneasy equations with the community.

 

However, for the first time in 40 years, the Sena has started wooing the Gujarati community for the upcoming BMC Elections 2017. This also indicates a growing rift between the Sena and the BJP. In a move that surprised many, the party has put up banners in Gujarati all over the suburban Ghatkopar, a community stronghold, to announce the state’s new housing policy.Parallely, the party has begun scouting for Gujarati candidates for the next year’s municipal elections.

 

While a top Sena leader, who did not wish to be identified, said that with the alliance with BJP unlikely to go through, the party is preparing to reach out to all communities, it’s not a secret that the saffron party will have to make a special effort to establish a rapport with the Gujaratis.