A resurgent Shiv Sena is learnt to have demanded a bigger share in the Narendra Modi government that is likely to be sworn in on May 26. The Sena has been the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) biggest ally in terms of seats in Parliament, but it has failed in getting lucrative ministries and more berths. It had 18 MPs in the previous Lok Sabha, and this time it has managed to retain the same number.

Sources said the party, which acted more like the opposition in the past five years and threatened dissociation from the three-decade-old alliance, this time wants two Cabinet berths and one junior minister.