mumbai a frontpage advertisement issued by the shiv sena led by cm eknath shinde in newspapers across maharashtra triggered a political controversy on tuesdaythe ad featured pictures only of pm modi and shinde leaving out deputy cm devendra fadnavis and claimed a survey had revealed more people in the state preferred shinde for the cms post than fadnavisto add to the speculation fadnavis missed a government function with the cm in kolhapur on tuesday citing health reasonsthe ad said a survey had found 302 of the people in maharashtra preferred the bjp and 162 wanted the shiv sena thus 464 trusted the senabjp alliance to bring about the states development it went on to state that 261 preferred shinde as cm and 232 wanted fadnavis for cmshinde sena firefights as fresh row erupts amid power tusslea newspaper ad depicting cm shinde and pm modi released by the shiv sena has kicked up a political storm in the state bjp leader praveen darekar said the senas ad was not right and sanjay raut of the uddhav sena alleged shindes camp had forgotten shiv sena founder bal thackerayshinde clarified saying dy cm fadnavis and i are trying to take the state forward with overall development taking the cabinet along he said people of the state have chosen me and devendra fadnavis the survey shows the people have thanked us regardless of the photo we are in peoples hearts even if a photo is there or not it doesnt matter the senabjp alliance has been fashioned by balasahebs ideology this is an ideological alliance not for selfishness or a chair and for getting something for myselfhowever the row came amid reports of a power tussle between the ruling saffron allies over cabinet portfolios and expansion the alleged plan to drop certain sena ministers and the bjps claim over the kalyan lok sabha seat held by the cms son shrikant shindesena leader and minister shambhuraje desai said he had spoken to deputy cm fadnavis about the ad it shows that the survey has said there is over 50 preference for the cm and dy cm there is no difference of opinion about the survey or the ad we will sit together and resolve the matter if there are any differences the cm and dy cm are working together so the opposition is trying to create confusion desai saidhowever bjps darekar said any attempt to show dy cm fadnavis in poor light in the ads is not good it is very unfortunate even if cm shinde or dy cm fadnavis are popular they are both giving direction to the state so they must be perceived as being together one must not show the other in poor light this may vitiate the atmosphere and one must not pay heed to this the bjp has sacrificed a lot fadnavis became dy cm despite having 105 mlas the 40 mlas of the shindeled sena alone could not have formed the government the bjp has three times the mlas