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Large audiences during Dussehra rallies held by Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray factions served as a teaser for the main event, the BMC elections. It is estimated that Shinde has the backing of 40 or more MLAs and more than a dozen MPs. How much influence does he actually have on the cadre, though? Shinde needed to demonstrate his credibility by performing well in Mumbai, which is considered Thackeray territory. Now the two camps can only hope they score well in the only test that matters: the polls. In 2017, Shiv Sena narrowly defeated the BJP for control of BMC, with a final score of 84 to 82. That was proof of how far the BJP had come in Mumbai. The Sena's internal strife may have given the BJP a greater opportunity to seize control of India's wealthiest local gove...

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Digging Deep To Dissect The Colossal Chaos In Maharashtra

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 15, 20220

The BJP-Shiv Sena combo won India's 2019 parliamentary and Maharashtra state legislature elections. Every seat has a poster of Narendra Modi or Devendra Fadnavis. Both parties' candidates lauded the double-engine sarkar's quick expansion, iron-fisted law and order, and focus on Hindu nationalism. Even Uddhav Thackeray attended rallies where the BJP's national leadership promised that Modi and Fadnavis will rule the government if Maharashtra was re-elected. Sharad Pawar, Sonia Gandhi, and Sanjay Raut urged Uddhav Thackeray to forge an artificial coalition with the NCP and Congress. Thackeray's NCP and Congress allies rapidly took control, leaving Thackeray and his son Aaditya as bystanders. Maharashtra had three years of NCP-Congress governance before 2014, and it saw frequent ter...

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Enforcement Direction Of Eknath And Devendra Promises ‘Rule, Not Raid’

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 9, 20220

The newly assumed Maharashtrian Chief Minister Eknath Shinde won the critically important confident vote in the state assembly after rebelling and being placed in the seat by BJP's "E.D." was a cry rallied by the opposition benched according to C.M. Devendra Fadnavis. He Reciprocated this response with, "It is true the new government is formed by E.D., which stands for Eknath and Devendra." The BJP leader took a swing at Ex-C.M. Uddhav Thackeray by hitting at the alleged witness of a "deficit of leadership availability" in Maharashtra in recent years. Fadnavis added, "But, there are two leaders in the House (Shinde and himself), who will always be available for people," Shinde stated that he will forever be a 'Sanik' of the Shiv Sena and will not combine vendetta and politics. Wi

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Maha Politics: BJP’s Move To Make Shinde CM Is More Troubling To Uddhav Than His Resignation

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 1, 20220

The BJP showed its tactical prowess by appointing Eknath Shinde as Maharashtra CM. The BJP's mistake in 2019 was to play the position of a big brother too aggressively, and that cost them, Shiv Sena, as a partner. With Devendra Fadnavis as Shinde's deputy, the larger Sena group has returned to the NDA with a courteous re-entry. Having a Maratha Sainik as the CM would lessen the sting of the charges of treachery levelled by Thackeray's father and son. Furthermore, deputy CM Shinde has a higher chance of wooing supporters of the Uddhav faction than CM Shinde. Shinde, in contrast to Uddhav, may be less difficult for BJP to deal with since he never forgave the party for lowering Sena to its junior partner. The CM is Shinde, although the BJP is expected to retain a large number of critic...

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‘Dummy Cars, Government On Dialysis Don’t Persist For Long’: Union Minister On Maharashtra Government Collapse

Alankrati VermaJune 27, 20220

Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stated on Thursday that ‘dummy cars and a government on dialysis do not persist for very long'. He said so because of the political situation in Maharashtra, where the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government is struggling to hold on to power. Naqvi spoke with the media after casting his vote in the Rampur Lok Sabha by-election about this situation. During the talk, on a question about what will emerge in Maharashtra, he used the renowned "Mughal-e-Azam" song's famous couplet, "Jab raat hai aisi matwali to subah ka alam kya hoga." After the revolt of several Shiv Sena members, the survival of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra is in doubt. Moreover, Abbas Naqvi stated that BJP has made all necessary preparation