‘Pyar ka wada 50:50, kya hai irada 50:50,’ goes the song from the Bollywood film Fiffty Fiffty. In cricket 50:50 means both teams have an equal chance of winning. There’s even a biscuit, Britannia 50: 50 which provides a combination of sweet and salty tastes.
In Maharashtra some who are in a sweet position to form the government are finding the alliance partner too salty. In fact, 50:50 has acquired a different meaning altogether. Shiv Sena insists there must be a 50:50 or equal share in government ministries between alliance partners BJP and Shiv Sena including a chief minister by rotation. Citizens are hoping that a rotating CM does not make the government dizzy.
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