The story of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra will begin and end with family. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however it sees itself as a national party or the only worthwhile party or Narendra Modi’s little plaything in the rest of the country, is a bit player here. The reason why Nitin Gadkari of the BJP has been trying to negotiate with Raj Thackeray of the MNS is because he is desperately looking to increase the BJP’s tally in Maharashtra and he does not think he can do it with the Shiv Sena and Uddhav Thackeray.