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Giving a hint at possible reconciliation with its former ally BJP, Shiv Sena Friday said, there should be “no bitterness any more”. Though it is difficult to mend broken hearts, Maharashtra needs stability and peace, sena said in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. Notably, almost all exit polls have predicted BJP to be the largest party in the state in assembly election.

Creating a stir in political circles, daughter of late Gopinath Munde and BJP MLA Pankaja Munde Friday said she was willing to head the BJP government in Maharashtra to fulfil her father's late dream and the "aspirations" of her supporters. Her statement comes at a time when the party is planning to clear Devendra Fadnavis' name for chief ministership.

Clinching 47 of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana and 122 out of 288 seats in Maharashtra, BJP on Sunday recorded historic wins in both the states. In Haryana, it has a clear mandate, so the party will form government on its own. In Maharashtra, it emerged as the single largest party, and is ready to form a coalition government.

According to sources, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackrey on Sunday evening reached out to the BJP by Talking to PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah over the phone. In the 10-12 minute conversation, Uddhav said that the two parties must forget the past and move forward. The BJP, however, has not rushed to respond to Sena's offer.

BJP on Tuesday pressed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to publicly apologise for opposing a probe by National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Burdwan blast. BJP's West Bengal president Rahul Sinha said that Banerjee should at least apologize for it on Facebook, since opposing NIA investigation has delayed the matter.

As per latest reports, the BJP may form a government in Maharashtra on its own. “As of now, with support of smaller parties and independent MLAs, we have in all 135 MLAs,” BJP MP Kirit Somaiya said. While Shiv Sena is demanding a 1:1 ratio in the cabinet, the BJP is willing to decide only on a 2:1 ratio.

Manohar Lal Khattar, who is considered to be close to PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, was Tuesday unanimously elected the Leader of BJP Legislature Party, thus, making him the first BJP CM of Haryana. He is also the first Punjabi CM of the state. A first-time MLA, Khattar had contested the assembly elections from Karnal.

The assessment of constituency-wise results of Haryana assembly elections shows that the BJP, besides winning 47 seats, came at number two position in as many as 17 seats. The victory margins of rival parties on four of these 17 seats were less than 2,000 votes with one constituency (Ratia SC) reporting the margin to be as low as 453 votes.

The BJP and the Shiv Sena have started official negotiations for a reconciliation for forming next government in Maharashtra together. Sena's Subhash and Anil Desai met BJP leaders in Delhi late Tuesday night. "We are talking to Shiv Sena. I hope the results will be positive. We are happy to form a government with them," said union minster NItin Gadkari.

Reacting sharply to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks that the Opposition will be embarrassed once names of people holding illicit foreign accounts are made public, the Congress Wednesday dared him to "name the traitor". It also accused Jaitley of "bluffing" people."A traitor is a traitor... What is stopping Jaitley ji from naming the traitors?" Youth Congress President Rajeev Satav tweeted.

With Shiv Sena gearing up to join BJP, a section in the party has strong reservations on the issue, reports said. "The Sena will send a wrong message to grassroots-level workers if we resume ties with BJP. The manner in which they snapped the poll partnership of the last 25 years before elections was disgusting," a party worker said.

PM Narendra Modi will meet journalists and editors, for the first time after assuming the office, at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. BJP President Amit Shah, and other senior party leaders will be present at the event. The interaction comes a day before the PM's dinner with the NDA allies.

Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari rode into a controversy on Saturday when he was caught on camera riding his scooter without a helmet in violation of traffic rules. The 58-year-old BJP MP was seen riding his scooter without helmet, when he was going to meet RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur (Maharashtra).

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) chief, Babulal Marandi, has ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the BJP, saying his party was ready to contest all 81 Assembly seats in the five-phase November-December elections in the state. Earlier, five JVM MLAs, had left the party and joined BJP. In the 2009 Assembly elections, JVM fought as a Congress ally.

The BJP Monday ruled out any pre-poll alliance in J&K and said that said it will contest on all the 87 seats in the upcoming assembly elections. The party in charge for J&K Avinash Rai Khanna said, the party would soon come out with its first list of candidates. The state will go the polls from from Nov-25 to Dec-20.

The new CM of the first-ever BJP govt in Maharashtra is expected to be sworn-in on Oct 31, party sources said Monday. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and senior BJP leaders will elect BJP's legislature party leader Tuesday. Meanwhile, the NCP has said that it would abstain from voting if the proposed BJP govt seeks vote of confidence in the legislature.

The BJP will launch a six-month long membership drive with the call for "saath aaye desh banaye" from Nov 1, the party said Monday. PM Narendra Modi will be the first BJP leader to have his party membership renewed through a mobile text message. The party seeks to increase its members by 20% during the drive, which is launched every sixth year.

Sources in the BJP have hinted that the party is unwilling to form the government in Delhi as it does not enjoy majority in the Assembly. They are keen on holding fresh polls in February next year. The update came from BJP sources soon after the President approved of the Delhi Governor's decision to invite BJP to form the government.