India, March 7 -- The rift between the BJP and the Shiv Sena has once again surfaced, this time over the inauguration of a flyover in Mira Road. Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik of the Sena and Narendra Mehta from the BJP are both engaged in a tug of war, rooting for their respective party leaders-Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis-to inaugurate the 876-metre-long bridge.

The Mira-Bhayandar Road, on which the bridge has been erected, divides the constituencies of Sarnaik (Owala Majiwada) and Mehta (Mira-Bhayandar). Earlier this week, MLA Mehta aired his views about wanting chief minister Fadnavis to do the honours while MLA Sarnaik announced deputy CM Shinde's name along with the date and time of the inauguration.

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