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The great Maharashtra split
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Maharashtra heads for four-cornered elections after end of political alliances.
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A file image of the late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray with the late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, the architects of the alliance. The BJP called off alliance with Sena over seat share. (Photo courtesy - Bal Keshav Thackeray: A photobiography by Raj Thackeray)
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The BJP and Shiv Sena had come briefly together for an election in 1983, but lost. The BJP called off the 25-year-old alliance with Sena over seat share. (Photo courtesy - Bal Keshav Thackeray: A photobiography by Raj Thackeray)
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A file image of the late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray with Union minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari. The BJP called off alliance with Sena over seat share. (Photo courtesy - Bal Keshav Thackeray: A photobiography by Raj Thackeray)
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Shiv Sena supporters at Matoshree in Mumbai after the BJP announced the break-up with its 25-year-old ally Sena. (Pratham Gokhale/HT photo)
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Police guard Thackerays' Matoshree residence in Bandra after BJP announced it was breaking up with the Shiv Sena. (Pratham Gokhale/HT photo)
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Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan addressing the press at his Varsha bungalow in Mumbai. The NCP pulled the plug off the Congress in the state. (Shakti Yadav/HT photo)
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NCP leaders Praful Patel, Ajit Pawar and Sunil Tatkare at a press conference in Mumbai announcing the end of 15-year-old Congress-NCP alliance. (Kunal Patil/HT photo)
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BJP leaders Eknath Khadse and Devendra Fadnavis announced that BJP-Shiv Sena alliance had come to an end. (Kunal Patil/HT photo)
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