India, March 25 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has revealed that the 2014 split between the BJP and the then-undivided Shiv Sena happened over a disagreement on just four assembly seats. Speaking at a felicitation event for Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur, who was the BJP's Maharashtra in-charge in 2014, Fadnavis said the Shiv Sena insisted on contesting 151 seats, rejecting BJP's offer of 147.

According to Fadnavis, the BJP was prepared to contest 127 seats in the 288-member assembly and even offered Sena the chief minister's post if they agreed to 147 seats. However, the Sena remained firm on 151 seats, citing a declaration made by their 'yuvaraj' - a reference widely seen as pointing to Aaditya Thackeray, though Fad...