Battle for UP: SS to ally with BJP

Indore, Feb 23 (UNI) Shiv Sena (SS) Working President Uddhav Thackeray today said that the party intended to forge an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly election.

''The SS wishes to tie up with Hindu forces to prevent polarisation of Hindu votes. The details will be sorted out later.

The Congress has adopted two-faced policies and that is why disputes crop up between Hindus and Muslims,'' he alleged.

Pointing out that Rs 5 lakh each were granted as ex gratia to the Mumbai transit terror-affected families, Mr Thackeray added that the figure was Rs 10 lakh each in the Samjhauta Express case.

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