India, Nov. 9 -- The BJP's Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg MP Narayan Rane has announced that he will snap ties with the Shiv Sena in the two coastal districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg if the party headed by Eknath Shinde joins hands with Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) in the local polls. A few local leaders of the two parties have been talking of an alliance for these polls in order to contain Rane, even after Uddhav Thackeray on Friday specifically forbade any alliances with the Shiv Sena.

Speculation has been rife about an alliance in Kankavali, the seat of Rane's son Nitesh, who is also with the BJP. Former MLA Rajan Teli has proposed a 'city development council', for Kankavali town while Sandesh Parkar, a Sena (UBT) local leader, has be...