The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Friday made a pitch for unity among opposition parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, stating that the BJP can be defeated if all key leaders of these political outfits keep aside their ego and stick to their current stance of not keen on becoming the next prime minister, reported the PTI.

In an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena dubbed the BJP's defeat in Karnataka as a bad omen for 2024 and also predicted that in the upcoming Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will lose Madhya Pradesh and the Congress will retain Chhattisgarh and in Rajasthan "magician", according to the PTI.