You can’t win polls on waves alone: Sena taunts BJP

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday snubbed its alliance partner BJP over the results of assembly by-polls which were announced on Monday, by warning that the elections cannot be won on ‘wave’ alone. 

“People voted for Modi in Lok Sabha to improve the country’s governance. Political equations for the state elections are different and we will have to study Bihar and Karnataka poll results to learn that,” said an editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamna. 

The editorial added that the voters have shown that the voting pattern in Lok Sabha is different than that of assembly elections. “Everyone (Sena and the BJP) has to analyse this seriously,” said the editorial. 

Referring to the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, the editorial noted that the Sena -BJP alliance will have to work tirelessly to bring in the change. “People do want change (in Maharashtra) but wave alone won’t help you win the election,” noted the editorial. 

The editorial also said that the by-polls too have taught a lesson to everyone as it was after the Lok Sabha polls.