Mumbai, Nov 8 (PTI) BJP MP Narayan Rane on Saturday warned that the saffron party would sever ties with the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri if there was an attempt to isolate the BJP in the coming civic elections.

The statement came after Rajan Teli, a former associate of Rane's who is now with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, spoke of a proposal to form the "City Development Front". He had shared the idea with senior Sena leaders including MLA Nilesh Rane, Narayan Rane's son, he claimed.

Sources said Teli's initiative was aimed at uniting local leaders of both the Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and NCP (SP) under one banner to counter the Rane family's influence in Sindhudurg. The BJP's push to contest local body polls inde

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