Maha game on in Maharashtra: What shifting political landscape means

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Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (SP), which appeared to be struggling with coordination, roundly beat the Mahayuti. This triggered a lot of rethinking within the Mahayuti. Now, there are signs of another shift in the political landscape before the upcoming assembly polls.

Rumblings in the house of Pawars

A report published by Vivek, a Marathi weekly affiliated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, said that public sentiment turned sharply against the BJP following its alliance with Ajit Pawar-led NCP that subsequently led to its poor performance in the the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra,

Vivek conducted a survey in Mumbai, Konkan, and western Maharashtra to analyse the reasons behind BJP's electoral setback. The report said BJP members and other individuals expressed disapproval of the party's decision to join forces with NCP. It described the unrest among party members as just the «tip of the iceberg».

A few days ago, Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, a member of the rival NCP faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar. There was talk of Bhujbal feeling unheard within the party. Although he is part of Ajit Pawar's faction, he is said to be feeling politically alienated within the party.

BJP subtly asking Ajit Pawar to exit 'Mahayuti', claims NCP(SP) after RSS-linked weekly's article

Yesterday, several leaders and corporators from the Ajit Pawar-led NCP in Pimpri Chinchwad joined the Sharad Pawar-led NCP-SCP faction.