Kamlesh Sutar

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?

Despite 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?

Why 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?

The state government will now have to bear the brunt of moral policing of the urban middle class.

Uddhav Thackeray’s Ayodhya visit was strategic in more ways than one.

The tie-up looks formidable on paper. While there are factors working in its favour, it faces serious challenges too.

With the Congress waiting in the wings, managing the present coalition is certainly going to be tough for the BJP.

The previous Congress and NCP governments in Maharashtra too did little to act on the proposed ban on the Sanstha.

Any stand the Maharashtra chief minister takes on the quota issue is bound to be seen through the prism of his caste.

This fight was ultimately between Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray.

The NCP chief agreeing to share the stage with the MNS founder in itself says a lot.

In old Sangli, where the Hindutva rabble-rouser lives, there is hardly anyone who doesn't know or follow him.

The Brahmin versus Maratha socio-political conflict had a third angle of the Dalits.

The 200th year of the combat has not only marked Mahars' assertion against Peshwas but also brought the subaltern narrative into the mainstream.

The diamond hub is the symbol of the entire battle for the state.

Let's examine two major decisions in the past pertaining to such a special package.

The rules of the game change when it's your family.

Tinseltown celebrities, time and again, have been forced to knock on the doors of Mumbai’s first political family

Both Devendra Fadnavis and Sharad Pawar had a lot at stake.

Lack of cash at markets and traders' refusal to accept old currency are resulting in a monumental setback.

Despite stiff resistance from Anandiben Patel, her protégé Nitin Patel and once a clear frontrunner, was made the deputy.

Patidar agitation, Una unrest, and now this.

The job of the new chief minister is going to be tough, considering the complications before the BJP.