He famously engineered many defections and party splits. With his own MLAs now deserting the NCP ship, is political karma catching up with Sharad Pawar?
...Full StoryDespite not fighting these elections, Raj Thackeray has emerged as a huge force in Maharashtra's polls, grabbing public attention and making the BJP nervous. How?
...Full StoryWhy was poll strategist and JD(U) leader Prashant Kishor recently meeting with Shiv Sena's top leadership? Was this about new plans for the upcoming polls — or for national roles after the polls?
...Full StoryThe state government will now have to bear the brunt of moral policing of the urban middle class.
...Full StoryUddhav Thackeray’s Ayodhya visit was strategic in more ways than one.
...Full StoryThe tie-up looks formidable on paper. While there are factors working in its favour, it faces serious challenges too.
...Full StoryWith the Congress waiting in the wings, managing the present coalition is certainly going to be tough for the BJP.
...Full StoryThe previous Congress and NCP governments in Maharashtra too did little to act on the proposed ban on the Sanstha.
...Full StoryAny stand the Maharashtra chief minister takes on the quota issue is bound to be seen through the prism of his caste.
...Full StoryThis fight was ultimately between Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray.
...Full StoryThe NCP chief agreeing to share the stage with the MNS founder in itself says a lot.
...Full StoryIn old Sangli, where the Hindutva rabble-rouser lives, there is hardly anyone who doesn't know or follow him.
...Full StoryThe Brahmin versus Maratha socio-political conflict had a third angle of the Dalits.
...Full StoryThe 200th year of the combat has not only marked Mahars' assertion against Peshwas but also brought the subaltern narrative into the mainstream.
...Full StoryThe diamond hub is the symbol of the entire battle for the state.
...Full StoryLet's examine two major decisions in the past pertaining to such a special package.
...Full StoryThe rules of the game change when it's your family.
...Full StoryTinseltown celebrities, time and again, have been forced to knock on the doors of Mumbai’s first political family
...Full StoryBoth Devendra Fadnavis and Sharad Pawar had a lot at stake.
...Full StoryLack of cash at markets and traders' refusal to accept old currency are resulting in a monumental setback.
...Full StoryDespite stiff resistance from Anandiben Patel, her protégé Nitin Patel and once a clear frontrunner, was made the deputy.
...Full StoryPatidar agitation, Una unrest, and now this.
...Full StoryThe job of the new chief minister is going to be tough, considering the complications before the BJP.
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