Shiv Sena forges alliance with AIMIM for Amravati Municipal elections

Desperate occasions name for determined measures. Despite each events being staunch rivals prior to now and the tall claims of Shiv Sena being a Hindutva social gathering, Uddhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena has entered into an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi led AIMIM for the Standing Committee President polls within the Amravati Municipal Corporation, stories Swarajya.
According to the report, Shiv Sena will now contest the Amravati Municipal Corporation Committee elections in alliance with AIMIM.

Interestingly, within the final Amravati Municipal Corporation elections carried out in 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered an emphatic win by securing 42 out of 87 seats. Shiv Sena managed to bag 9 Congress 16 and AIMIM 10.
Probably, in its final efforts to remove the reigns from the fingers of BJP this time, Shiv Sena has obtained into this unholy alliance with AIMIM, which till yesterday was railing towards the “communal” Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
On March 12, through the launch of its ally AMMK’s manifesto, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi had taken a dig on the Shiv Sena authorities in Maharashtra whereas slamming DMK for declaring itself secular. He questioned why then DMK had joined fingers with the Congress that supported the “communal” Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
“The Shiv Sena was pleased with the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the Congress had supported the celebration in Maharashtra”, Owaisi mentioned taking a dig on the Hindutva proponent, Uddhav Thackray led social gathering.
In 2019, after the Shiv Sena introduced an alliance with Congress and NCP, in Maharashtra, Owaisi had slammed Shiv Sena over their stand on ‘Secular’ ideology after the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities in Maharashtra. Owaisi had mocked the events by saying that “let them perform Nikah (marriage) first”. He had additionally refused to assist the alliance.
The means this sudden U-turn by Asaduddin Owaisi could be attributed to his hankering to emerge as a nationwide social gathering, likewise, Shiv Sena’s flip flops will also be accredited to its desperation to maintain BJP at bay in Maharashtra, for which Uddhav Thackeray-led social gathering had snapped its ties with the BJP and shaped an alliance with the ideological rivals-NCP and Congress, sacrificing its assist for Hindutva on the altar of chief ministerial place.