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Maharashtra polls: 'Crucial' Shiv Sena meeting today to discuss future strategy

Mumbai: Ahead of the announcement of assembly polls result, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has called a meet of all party leaders in Mumbai to discuss the party's future strategy.The meeting is expected to discuss

maharashtra polls crucial shiv sena meeting today to discuss future strategy maharashtra polls crucial shiv sena meeting today to discuss future strategy

Mumbai: Ahead of the announcement of assembly polls result, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has called a meet of all party leaders in Mumbai to discuss the party's future strategy.

The meeting is expected to discuss Sena's possible ‘re-union' with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the backdrop of almost all exit polls predicting that the saffron party would emerge as the single largest party in the 288-member Assembly followed by the Shiv Sena.

The party had on Friday, apparently referring to the BJP, said that ‘there should be no bitterness any more'.

According to India TV-CVoter exit poll, the BJP would be the single largest party within a range of 133-143 seats, clearly short of the magical figure of 145.

The BJP is followed by former ally Shiv Sena with a range of 54-64 seats.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is projected to win within a range of 25-35 seats, followed by former ally Congress within a range of 36-46 seats.

Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is projected to bag 9-15 seats.

In the 2009 assembly elections in Maharashtra, the Congress-NCP United Progressive Alliance (UPA) had won 144 seats, the BJP-Shiv Sena NDA had won 90 and 'Others' 54 seats.

Results of October 15 polling will be announced tomorrow.