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Mumbai: Is the ongoing tussle between allies Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party finally over? There are indications that the trouble between the two allies might now be a thing of the past and the two parties could finally contest the Lok Sabha and Maharashtra state elections together this year.

The indications came after the Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday decided to allocate funds worth Rs 100 crores for the construction of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray’s memorial in Mumbai. The move is being seen as a bid to placate the Maharashtra party.

The announcement of fund allocation came after the Shiv Sena extended an olive branch to the BJP by sending an invite to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to attend the handing over ceremony of the land for the Bal Thackeray memorial.

The Maharashtra Cabinet decision came a day before the land, where the grand memorial in honour of late Bal Thackeray would be built, would be handed over to the Shiv Sena.

The memorial is set to come up at Mayor's bungalow compound located at Shivaji Park in Dadar. The land is owned by the Mumbai civic body, the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation.

The land would be handed over to the Maharashtra party on a day it will mark the 93rd birth anniversary of the Shiv Sena founder. A Ganesh pooja would also be held tomorrow on the occasion.

The Shiv Sena is aiming to start work on the memorial before the Lok Sabha elections. The party has even faced criticism from the opposition parties for delay in the construction of the memorial, six years after the firebrand leader's death.

Meanwhile, the official bhoomi poojan ceremony is likely to be held later this month and the Shiv Sena could even invite PM Narendra Modi for the event, reports said.