Maha Rashtriya Rajniti 2025: The morning of this latest round of polls will show the day of national politics to come for BJP
Although this may not be felt in Maharashtra until legislative business begins in earnest, the result's impact will be felt without delay in parliament as its winter session begins today. Undeniably, the political impact of the Maharashtra verdict will be felt nationally because it hugely bolsters confidence of NDA, especially confidence in Narendra Modi.
Likewise, the combative character Congress displayed during the previous session will be difficult to harness after the party 'squandered' two opportunities that came knocking following the general elections. Unlike the Haryana elections, which the party practically 'lost' to BJP, in the case of Maharashtra, this was an election that Maha Yuti (MY) won by combing several strategies-significantly without Modi campaigning with the intensity associated with him.
BJP and its alliance partners have plugged almost every loophole that showed up following their inadequate performance in Maharashtra in the April-May parliamentary elections-just 17 seats out of 48, even as the combined vote share of the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP was barely 1% and a few decimal points lower than the INDIA's aggregate. While Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners were lulled into complacency by their Lok Sabha tally of 31-their campaigning thereby lacking verve this time-MY parties paid greater attention to candidate selection and improved micro-management during campaigning.
But more importantly, CM Eknath Shinde found the solution to invert the Lok Sabha verdict that gave Shiv Sena 7 seats, two less
