In less than 48 hours of announcing a pre-poll alliance, the Shiv Sena and BJP have started bickering. While the Sena claimed that the number of seats won will not be a criterion for the chief minister's post, the BJP declared exactly the opposite. The Sena chief spoke of sharing the tenure of the CM's post whereas the BJP alleged incorrect interpretation of its "equal power sharing" statement.

A section of the Shiv Sena cadre gathered outside Matoshree, the Thackeray residence in Bandra, on Wednesday. In his interaction with party workers, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray made it amply clear that the alliance with the BJP has been not been formed on the old terms and conditions that were followed for the past 25 years (CM post is claimed by the party which wins the maximum number of seats).