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Author: Mohammed Wajihuddin
Publication: The Times of India
Date: June 3, 2007
Stating that 67% of the respondents in a poll conducted by Inquilab supported a Sena-Third Front tie-up in Malegaon, the leading Urdu daily said, "A substantial number of those polled were from Malegaon, and they believe that Shiv Sena will be less dangerous than Congress and Janata Dal (Secular)."
In the powerloom township of Bhiwandi, which also had its civic polls last week, the prospects of the secular parties are a shade brighter. Although the front-line Bhiwandi Vikas Aghadi has threatened to go with the Sena-BJP if Sainajwadi Party doesn't get off its high horse, a secular alliance may eventually emerge to rule the Bhiwandi-Nizampura Municipal Corporation, say political observers.
Aghadi chief Javed Dalvi said he was in talks with Congress and SP to settle the issue of mayorship. However, Dalvi did not rule out a Sena tilt.
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