In a setback, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party has decide...
MUMBAI - In a setback, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party has decided not to form the government in the western state of Maharashtra - the country’s richest - leaving opposition groups scrambling on Monday to cobble together an alliance.
But in-fighting between the BJP and the Shiv Sena, which has gone on for a fortnight, has culminated in the allies parting ways, dealing the first major political blow to Modi’s ruling party since it retained power with a landslide mandate in a May general election. “We have required numbers to form the government and we will prove it,” the Shiv Sena official said, declining to be named.
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