Shinde & Ajit Pawar Emerge True Heirs of Shiv Sena & NCP

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Maharashtra Election Result to Hasten Exodus from Residual Shiv Sena & NCP

By Raisina Correspondent

New Delhi, November 23: The resounding verdict in the Maharashtra Assembly elections for Mahayuti may hasten exodus from the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party from the Maha Aghadi Alliance. Incumber Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Ajit Pawar have asserted that they have the rightful claims over the Shiv Sena and the NCP.

The Shinde-headed almost hit a 50 per cent strike rate in the outcome of the Assembly elections. The strike rate of Ajit Pawar-headed NCP is also almost 50 per cent. The BJP strike rate comes over 70 per cent.

In contrast, the strike rate of the Udhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena comes below 20 per cent. The strike rate of the NCP Sharad Chandra is abysmal 15 per cent.

The outcome of the Assembly polls in Maharashtra may send out big messages to the leaders and workers of the NCP (Sharad Chandra) and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) to align with the rising stars in the state politics.

“So, now there is no doubt that the Shinde group is the true inheritor of the legacy of Bal Thackeray. Shiv Sena workers are also on the ground sniffing the political wind,” said Deepak Upreti, senior political observer, in a discussion with The Raisina Hills.

Upreti said that “it is possible that more such marches will start from the side of Uddhav Thackeray group and all the other groups will also start coming to this side because the results that have come in the assembly elections are so overwhelming for the opposition…”

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With Shinde and Ajit Pawar ending on the winning sides, Upreti argued that there will be cascading effects on leaders and workers of the two factions who are not directly related to the families. Thackeray had parted ways with the BJP after the saffron outfit refused to accept his demand for the post of the chief minister.

The BJP had won 102 Assembly seats in the 2019 Assembly elections in Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena had won 63 seats. Despite a long-standing pre-poll alliance, the Shiv Sena had parted ways with the BJP.

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“This happens in power politics. It has happened in the past also. Political workers flock to the winning sides,” added Upreti. He argued that “the rest of the winning MLAs of Shiv Sena will also try to come to this side one by one”.

Upreti said that the process of the exodus from the ranks of the NCP (Sharad Chandra) and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) may take up to six months. “In that way, whatever is left, the winning group left with Uddhav Thackeray, they will also come to this side,” added Upreti.

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