India, Nov. 28 -- Barely a week after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena decided to call a truce after a spate of poaching (17 people from Sena have moved to BJP in MMR), the two parties - key stakeholders in the ruling Mahayuti - are at loggerheads yet again in the first phase of the local body polls.

A day after Shiv Sena MLA from Kudal, in Sindhudurg district, Nilesh Rane barged into the house of BJP worker Vijay Kenavadekar from Kankavali in the same district, alleging the stash of Rs.15 lakh purportedly found in his bedroom was intended for vote buyout for polls slated on December 2, Sena leaders bitterly complained when cops raided the house of the party's MLA from Kalamnuri, Hingoli, Santosh Bangar at 6 am on Thursday....