with all said and done, with the present condition of BJP top leaders and the internal difference within BJP, the power crazy Shiv Sena will definitely ditch the BJP and will have an alliance with NCP Pawar for power-sharing in Maharashtra thus bringing down the present government. Thackeray's support to Powar as PM candidate is the signal for this alliance. While BJP without alligning with Sena and with the recent developments in Gujarat, might secure a dozen more seats, they will not have the required majority alone to get to the government nor the Congress in Maharashtra.
