BJP has money and power which is turning into arrogance, Sanjay Raut said. (Photo: PTI)

The latest threat by the BJP has made the possibility of a BJP-Shiv Sena alliance for the upcoming general elections very bleak.

Earlier, BJP president Amit Shah and Chief Minister Devenedra Fadnavis called out to the party workers to be ready to go solo in the elections and defeat the allies if they don’t come along.

A day after the threat, Shiv Sena has announced that the "divorce petition" with BJP had been filed.

Speaking to India Today TV, Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut went on to compare the BJP to a stalking roadside Romeo.

It’s not the BJP but we who have made up our mind. They follow us like a roadside Romeo for an alliance. They are stalking us and that is why they are talking the language of 'patak denge' [we will thrash you]. But this kind of language is unbecoming of a national president of a party. It shows the character of the party, Raut said.

Everyone saw who was thrashed in the recently held assembly polls. BJP has money and power which is turning into arrogance. The language of thrashing is arrogance, he said.

Don’t tell us what patakna [thrashing] is. Our history is proof that we have reached here doing that. If it's a dare, bring it on! Raut said.

Alleging that the BJP is targeting a Hindutvawadi party, Raut alleged, We talk about Hindutva, Ram Mandir, Article 370, common civil code, their unnatural alliance with Mehbooba Mufti and that is why they talk of thrashing us.

We are already disappointed, the divorce petition has been filed now, he said when asked how long the party intends to stay in an alliance with the BJP.