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Article: BJP, Shiv Sena headed for split over Presidential polls
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- The Hindustan Times
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- July 16, 2007
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Mumbai / Gujarat, July 16 -- The alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its right wing ally, the Shiv Sena, is reportedly on the rocks following the latter's decision to support the candidature of Pratibha Patil for the July 19 President's polls.
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Sunday appealed to opposition legislators to vote for Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
"I would like to appeal to the voters that we have a long association with the Shiv Sena. We have ideological similarities with the Shiv Sena. Keeping these relations in mind, it becomes imperative that the Shiv Sena legislators vote ...