Pune: The BJP virtually hijacked Shiv Sena's slogan "Jai Bhavani Jai Shivaji" at the workers' rally addressed here by party president Amit Shah, indicative of a political one-up-manship in the backdrop of an ongoing bitter tussle over sharing of seats for Maharashtra assembly polls.

State BJP President Devendra Fadnavis raised the slogan last night concluding the public meeting, a practice usually associated with public rallies of Shiv Sena. Fadnavis during his animated speech, also kept on referring to Chhatrapati Shivaji's historical legacy asking party workers to emerge victorious under the leadership of Narendra Modi and with the blessings of the Maratha warrior king.