LS scorecard may lead to recasting of equations before assembly polls
Mumbai: All eyes will be on Maharashtra, which sends the second-highest number of MPs (48) to the Lok Sabha after UP and is the only state where ‘Operation Lotus’ has struck twice, splitting two regional parties. The state that had four key parties, now has six of them stacked up in alliances of three parties each: the BJP-led Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). In 2019, the saffron parties had swept Maharashtra with BJP and the undivided Shiv Sena winning 41 of the state’s 48 seats. The undivided NCP had won 4 seats and the Congress, which had ruled the state for decades, had to settle for a single seat.The insurgent leaders, CM Eknath Shinde and Pawar’s nephew Ajit Pawar, have the bulk of legislators, the party name and symbol. But have they managed to capture the party’s vote base? For BJP, the result will also show if this strategy of breaking opposition parties can become a template for other states. The outcome will have immediate consequences for the assembly elections, just six months away. The scorecard within allies of the Mahayuti and MVA will lead to a recasting of power equations when it comes to seat-sharing for the state polls.
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