MUMBAI: Further hardening his stand on seat-
sharing with BJP, Shiv Sena president Uddhav
Thackeray on Monday said he has rejected the
saffron ally's demand for contesting 135 seats
in Maharashtra assembly polls and hinted at
going it alone, saying "everything has an
alternative".
He, however, clarified that talks are still on to
clinch a seat-sharing formula.
"They (BJP) offered a proposal under which
they wanted to contest 135 seats and I have
rejected it," Uddhav, who had on Saturday
asserted the next Chief Minister would be from
"Shiv Sena only" if the saffron alliance came to
power, told reporters.