Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP-Shiv Sena finalise poll campaign strategy for Maharashtra; to hold six mega rallies together

With hardly a month left for the Lok Sabha 2019 polls to kick start in the county, political parties are gearing up to put their best foot forward to campaign in their respective constituencies. Days after the Election Commission announced, BJP and Shiv Sena are all set to share the stage once again while addressing multiple rallies in Maharashtra. 

The top leadership of the BJP and Shiv Sena - Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Uddhav Thackeray - have decided on a consensus to address at least six joint rallies in the state in March, beginning from Friday, March 15.

Sources told that the first rally will be held in Maharashtra's Amravati on Friday, followed by a joint rally in Aurangabad on March 17. Here's the tentative schedule of BJP-Shiv Sena's Maharashtra rallies:

March 15: Amravati and Nagpur

March 17: Aurangabad and Nashik

March 18: Navi Mumbai, Pune 

March 24: Mega rally in Kolhapur

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BJP and Shiv Sena announced their pre-poll alliance in February with a consensus on the seat-sharing for Maharashtra Lok Sabha polls. The two parties will fight in an equal number of seats when it comes to the state elections. As for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the BJP will contest from 25 seats and Shiv Sena will contest from 23 seats, both parties had announced.

On March 10, Republic TV and CVoter published the National Approval Ratings which presented a complete picture of what would happen if elections are held today. 

As per the CVoter numbers for Maharashtra, the current NDA government was projected to retain its position, sprinting ahead of its political competitors, the Congress-led UPA. NDA has been projected to take the lead with 35 out of 48 seats in the state, leaving Congress-NCP alliance to a mere 13 seats. However, talking about the vote share between the parties in the state, there was a neck-to-neck batter between NDA and UPA.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra is all set to go into polls in four phases beginning from April 11 - Mumbai will be casting their votes in 4th phase of Lok Sabha 2019 elections on April 29.

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