mumbai both bjp and shiv sena were on tenterhooks all through wednesday as the two parties mulled over postpoll options as chances of a hung bmc loomed large over the citys skyline the election results will be out todaygoing back to the bjp to assume power in the bmc could be the worst scenario for the sena party sources said on wednesday vasant smriti the mumbai bjp headquarters in dadar too seemed in a quandary following reports from grass root workers that a good chunk of mumbais north indian voters may have gone to the congress a direct fallout of the up pollshowever a heavy turnout of the gujaratimarwari trading class across mumbai has warmed the cockles of bjps heart the senas antidemonetisation crusade just didnt work in the election the mercantile class stood by us in a big way said atul bhatkhalkar bjp mla from kandivlithe city gujaratis turned away from the sena because of uddhav thackerays bitter attacks on pm narendra modi during electioneering said bhatkhalkarto bjp or not to bjp is the senas dilemma a sizeable section of the sena rank and file are stridently opposed to teaming up with bjp after the civic elections said a party functionary on wednesday matoshree got down to exploring postpoll equations in the mumbai civic corporationit appears that uddhavs highdecibel attacks on the bjp during the poll campaign will be a major stumbling block for his party to once again team up with its former ally in the corporationwe severed ties with the bjp in the runup to the bmc election uddhavji fired salvos upon salvos against the bjp cm devendra fadnavis too launched a broadside against uddhavji kirit somaiya made moneylaundering charges against matoshree this has generated an antibjp mood in the party uddhavji may find it hard to pacify sainiks and convince them on the need to go back to bjp he addedthackeray has asked the party vibhag pramukhs a crucial organisational post in the sena heirarchy to work on three possibilities based on varying poll results 80 85 or 95 seats should the sena fail to go beyond 80 seats the party will swallow its pride and seek the bjps help to assume control of the bmc ditto will be the scenario if the sena stops at 85 seatsin that case the bjp will seek its pound of fleshthe city mayorship for two and a half years and chairmanship of two statutory committees for instanceagain the spectre of transparency in the civic administration fadnaviss pet theme during the poll campaign will continue to hang over the senas head accepting the bjps transparency condition will mean a climbdown for the sena said a former party mayorthe rosiest scenario for matoshree could be that the sena bags 90 seats in which case thackeray will not need bjps crutches the sena will tap smaller parties such as the mns or independents said bmc observers the sena fervently hopes that mns gets 1012 seats in the civic body it