Hannan Mollah, General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) | File Photo
Lakhs of farmers, protesting against the three farm laws passed by the union government last year, will march towards the Parliament on foot sometime in the middle of the month of May, said All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) General Secretary Hannan Mollah on Thursday.
Mollah told ANI that the march is being organised because “the government is not listening to the voices of the farmers”.
“Modi Government and Parliament are not listening to the farmers then it is our right to go in front of Parliament and raise our demand and we will decide sometime between the middle in the month of May. Thousands of farmers will come to the border first, then march to Delhi on foot,” he said.
The AIKS General Secretary said that the farmers’ march will be peaceful and they will head for the Parliament to express their “grief and pain before countrymen”. He added that the exact date of the march has not been decided yet.
“We have decided to organise the program because the movement of farmers has become longer than four months. When the movement has become longer, the protests have to be organised continuously and therefore we have announced that we will encircle Food Corporation of India’s offices on April 5 because the government is planning to abolish the public distribution system,” said Mollah.
He said his organisation will “siege Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) outer ring road for 24 hours” on April 10, and will organise nationwide protests on Baisakhi and May day to raise their demands.
Protestors broke barricades to enter Delhi and indulged in vandalism across several parts of the national capital during their tractor rally organised to protest against the Centre’s three new farm laws on Republic day.
Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting on three borders of Delhi — Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur — since November last year demanding repeal of the three contentious farm laws enacted last year.
A shopkeeper displays campaigning material of political parties for sale for West Bengal assembly elections 2021, in Kolkata on Friday. | Image Courtesy: AFP Photo
2021 has got some strong chances for BJP in West Bengal, but defeating Mamata Banerjee is not so easy even at the present too. She is loved by her people and she knows them better than anyone. Moreover, BJP also kept no stone unturned, they are working on every possibility. BJP already changed the perception and approach of the people in earlier held parliament elections and had won 18 seats out of 42 with a record, first time in the history of West Bengal.
CPM though they ruled the state for thirty-four long years, after which they had a significant decline in acceptance. CPM is majorly liked by intellectuals and government employees. Congress, except for some pockets in Murshidabad, they don’t have much to gain here. But, due to ongoing farmer’s protests, they might get a boost in votes but that won’t be enough to leave a mark. Moreover, CPM and Congress are forming a coalition but that isn’t enough to win too.
With Asaduddin Owaisi throwing his hat into the ring Mamata cannot be the sole owner of the minority vote which would get cut by AIMIM. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) entering Bengal means dividing Muslim votes in between TMC, AIMIM and Congress. And Hindu votes will go straight to BJP. As of now, the real competition is between BJP and TMC, both of them have many heavyweight leaders who can carry the parties alone.
Bengal has an estimated 30 per cent Muslim voters sprawling across 294 assembly seats. Both Mamata Banerjee’s TMC and BJP know the importance of the crucial minority vote bank. Banerjee, who often claimed herself to be champion of minority causes, is fighting from the Nandigram Assembly Constituency which has a sizeable presence of Muslim voters.
However, this year TMC has fielded 42 Muslim candidates which account for 14 per cent of the total candidates. In 2016, at assembly polls, TMC fielded 53 Muslim candidates. BJP is hoping that presence of Asaduddin Owaisi and more importantly, ISF leader and influential cleric Abbas Siddiqui would divide the minority vote bank causing damage to Banerjee’s vote share and seats.
In North Bengal, Muslim infested districts like Murshidabad, and South Dinajpur will witness a contest between Congress and TMC and BJP believes that like the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, now also this will benefit them big time.
Whichever party wins, they will not get a huge majority over the second one. This is going to be a tough election to win for both BJP and TMC. The verdict of Bengal has always been decisive, so there can be leeway that BJP’s gain would be visible in West Bengal 2021.
BJP has established interactions with prominent social groups (caste) like Rajbanshi. They have their upper hand in northern Bengal nearing Assam. Gurkhas are already against Mamata because of her idiocy. Their area is already a BJP stronghold.
Above all, Amit Shah clinched what can be termed as the moment of reckoning by inducting Suvendhu Adhikari personally in his presence into the party. With his entry, BJP got a credible local Bengali firebrand face but also got the momentum in its favour. The way Adhikari’s discord was handled by TMC leaders was boorish, to say the least.
BJP itself was finding it difficult to touch the magical figure of their 148 at Bengal assembly and Adhikari by himself could never be dreamt of dislodging Trinamool but the coming together of Adhikari to BJP was the tilting point for TMC.
Adhikari not only wields influence in the 16 seats of his home district Midnapore but his sway extends over 7 to 8 districts. He can make a difference in over 40+ seats if not more.
BJP was doing its rigorous homework right after the 2019 Lok Sabha election results were declared. It is one part that was planted years before. This groundwork has started giving bonuses. There was anger on the streets against Mamata but the biggest question was how could the BJP consolidate the anger not just into votes but also into seats. That is where Mamata started to dig her own grave. Giving prominence to her nephew and putting all eggs on the basket of Prasanth Kishore had estranged some of the powerful leaders of Trinamool.
Suvendhu is fast turning out to be similar to Himanta Dada in Assam. His rhetoric and ability to articulate in Bengali by highlighting the colossal failures of the TMC government is turning out to be a gamechanger for BJP. We can see jitters in the TMC camp and as we move along, we could see several more desertions from TMC to BJP in Bengal.
We often term in politics that it all depends on who makes the last mistake and now a series of blunders are committed by TMC which can be seen from the tone, tenor and body language of the CM. Some opinion polls are giving a decisive majority to BJP and I would not be surprised if we see BJP touching expected seats in Bengal although many pollsters are giving BJP a range from 135 to 175 seats.
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A BJP supporter with his body painted gestures during an election rally addressed by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata | Image Courtesy: AFP
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP won 18 seats from earlier 2 and Mamata’s TMC got only 22. BJP came very close to TMC in vote sharing. Mamata Banerjee’s TMC successfully saw off the incumbency as the party won 211 seats bettering its 2011 assembly elections tally of 184.
TMC also registered a vote share of 44.91 per cent in 2016. After coming to power in 2014 at the Centre, the BJP aimed at spreading its footmark beyond the Hindi belt with its pure Hindutva agenda. Assam, Tripura, Northeastern states, Bengal, Odisha, and Kerala became crucial for the ruling party at the Centre and in 2019 they were very close to TMC.
Until 2019 TMC had many big leaders, like Suvendu Adhikari, Dinesh Trivedi, and Mukul Roy who were known as the strength of TMC, now switched their sides to BJP. Their muscle power also came to BJP along with them thus reducing booth capturing chances by TMC gone extremely down and also increased BJP’s chances to defend booths multifold times.
These leaders also brought workers, followers, and traditional voters with them. Thus, adding hugely to BJP’s votes in reducing that of TMC. West Bengal has a strong presence of women electorates as the female voters account for 49 per cent out of the total population that is eligible to exercise their franchise, according to data disclosed by the Election Commission ahead of the much-awaited polls.
BJP’s star campaigner Amit Shah left no stone unturned by making special mention to women voters.
Sudipto Das, an artist of Ravindra Bharti said, “As long as BJP talks about diligently doing its job and ensure that Core Hindu voters who are fed up with TMC, INC and the Left turn up to the polling booths and cast their votes then it is going to be Saffron Flag flying high in Bangla. Yes, there are 57 seats in Bengal which has over 40 per cent Muslim population but Bengalis are looking for a real change after the failed promise of Paribartan by Mamata in 2011 which should also see counter polarization of Hindu votes in favor of BJP.”
Mamata’s constant Muslim appeasement has created anger among Hindu voters and BJP’s Jai Shree Ram chants have conjured the vote possibility for them. There were many propagandas against Mamata refusing of Maa Durga Visarjan during Muharram, pictures of Muslim’s offering Namaz, stopping Chhath Puja citing Corona while allowing the gathering of Muslims. So-called atrocities on Hindus taking part in Durga Visarjan, pension to Imams, building a grand Haj house and so on.
“BJP designed its campaign very well and they moved strategically. Owaisi factor is another winning factor for the BJP, his mere presence will consolidate Hindu votes towards BJP. And no nationalist Hindu is going to vote for him. So, he can’t take even a single vote from BJP. On the contrary, he will bring more votes for them. Some Hindus who are at the moment on the TMC side will vote for BJP and Muslim votes would be divided,” said Abhishekh Bhattacharya an IT professional.
Dipanjan Ghosh, an entrepreneur from Kolkata told us, “According to me there will be a good fight between the political parties, but I think Mamata Banerjee–led TMC will win the West Bengal assembly election.”
When asked what’s his take on the BJP, Ghosh said, “BJP has done nothing as of now, there could be a tough fight but there are very few chances of BJP to mark their name in West Bengal. No matter what people say but as per my prediction, there will be a coalition government coming up here. Let’s hope for the best and see what happens next.”
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday appointed Police Inspector Milind Kathe as the head of the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai Police.
Earlier, the CIU was headed by suspended officer Sachin Vaze who is now in National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody in connection with the explosive-laden car which was recovered near Mukesh Ambani’s house on February 25.
The Antilia bomb scare has been in the headline for months. There has been a lot of speculation going around the murder of Thane-based businessman Mansukh Hiren, however, nothing has been proven yet.
The body of Mansukh Hiren was recovered on March 5 from the Mumbra creek in Thane.
Similarly, the MVA government also removed Param Bir Singh from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner and appointed Hemant Nagrale as the new Mumbai Police Commissioner.
Sachin Vaze has been the prime accused in this case. On Tuesday the NIA informed the court that Vaze and former policeman Vinayak Shinde were a part of the meeting where the murder of Hiren was planned.
The agency also claimed that the former suspended cop had used a mobile phone to contact a conspirator. Without naming the conspirator, NIA stated that it was close to unravelling the conspiracy and the motive behind the crime.
After that, the special court extended the NIA custody of Vinayak Shinde and another accused Naresh Gor, a cricket bookie, till April 7 in connection with the murder.
It was political trending on Twitter on Tuesday morning and BJP supporters were trying to prove some Maharashtra minister lead Sushant Singh Rajput to commit suicide. All these fake theories ruled the internet and mainstream media channels for three long months and finally the case was handed over to CBI but so far, no conclusion is drawn.
He was suffering from depression for some time. A few days ago, there was news of the suicide of Sushant Singh’s former manager. Disha Salian jumped from a multi-storey building in Malad, Mumbai. Sushant was devastated by the news. Sushant Singh Rajput was a druggist. He was talented, educated and intelligent. But he had many flaws. He smoked weed, was a drinker and a cheater. He ditched many girls whom he knew for years. He wanted to become big in Bollywood. That’s why he started dating a long list of actresses.
But soon Sushant would find himself as a bankable star which is a big feat for any television star of his type. But then success went in his head. That’s why he was destined to fall. He gave many critical hits but the audience as always preferred watching Salman’s movies and Karan Johar’s ‘Student of the Year‘ type of drama. Somehow Sushant Singh Rajpoot’s movies were not that hit, except one or two.
If you recollect the events where our Prime Minister frequently invited Bollywood stars to his programme, Sushant Singh Rajput was never invited or ever had any chance to click pictures with CM or PM. You can understand how low profile the actor had. So, Sushant never found mainstream acceptance. The media never cared about him, either way. The media never highlighted him much. Only his death has got all the attention but while he was alive, no one knew who he was.
Sushant’s death was blamed upon poor souls like Rhea Chakraborty who had nothing to do with the whole issue. Taking advantage of the low emotional maturity of the public, the ruling party BJP then targeted Rhea, Aaditya Thackeray for electoral politics. This is the final nail in the coffin of the decency left in the country. This barbaric act of subjugating a girl, harassing and passing any judgment shows disdain for liberty.
Many conspiracy theories were spread by the BJP. One of the most stupid being of the Disha, Sushant’s manager being gang-raped by a political figure and then Sushant Singh being eventually murdered for knowing the fact. If this wasn’t retarded enough a charlatan by the name of Steve Huff made a video on interaction with Sushant’s ghost. So anyways, Sushant died and we still don’t know what the hell happened.
So, this tells us that the audience is making up stories to fill in the blanks. They’re using their prejudices, preconceived notions and creating crackpot theories. This is aided by the vile media spokesperson Arnab Goswami and Navika Kumar.
Sushant Singh Rajput became known as Manav from his first serial Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV. From there is coming back for him as he goes up in his life from serials to movies. As far as his stardom is concerned, he is very famous for his role as Mahendra Singh Dhoni in MS Dhoni – The Untold Story.
Aditya Thackeray had openly admitted his friendship with Bollywood saying it is not a crime. Aaditya, the young face of Shiv Sena, the youth who envisions many possibilities in India and Maharashtra. Why would he be part of such nasty things? And what is the need? Just because the son of Narayan Rane, has stated that Aaditya attends Bollywood four times a week, are we going by his words?
The opposition leaders took every advantage of Sushant’s death by maligning the ruling government, their 24/7 media coverage name-calling Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and CP of Mumbai. Aaditya did not even know Disha and why would he? He is not only MLA but the son of CM. Disha was just some manager of Sushant that too Sushant met her 23 days before he died.
Even Sushant and Aaditya never met. This all drama purely out of politics and it’s sad people are using someone already dead to do so… These days politics have gone to the lowest level and the biggest factor people have lost their thinking ability.
Sushant was going through a tough phase of depression, lockdown added to it. Police found some prescription medicines and reports of some medical treatment he was undergoing in his flat. In his final days, he was reported to have grown more reclusive, repulsive and more irritable. It’s obvious – Sushant Singh Rajput was a depressed drug user who probably took too many drugs one day and hanged himself.
There’s no evidence of any murder or whatever else TV channels keep blabbering about. There’s no other angle to this story however you look. It’s very common for depressed people to commit suicide, especially those who are on medication. All depression medications come with suicide warnings. One thing is sure no politician has killed him, rather no one has killed him but he killed himself.
On Sunday, the state government announced restrictions on large gatherings as a part of the measure to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray reportedly asked officials to make preparations for a lockdown as people were not following Covid rules.
A mob of sword-carrying Sikh protesters broke through barricades at a Gurdwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Sunday evening and attacked policemen, leaving four injured after the police refused to allow a religious procession because of the rules directed by the Chief Minister’s office.
In a video commonly shared online, a group of Sikhs with swords is seen rushing out of a gate of the Gurdwara complex, breaking through barricades put up by the police and attacking policemen standing guard. According to a police officer, four personnel were injured and police cars were damaged.
Pramod Kumar Shewale, superintendent of Police said, “We informed Gurudwara well in advance that the “Hola Mohalla” procession would not be allowed because of Pandemic rules. We had spoken to the Gurdwara committee members and the priests. After explaining the situation, they agreed that this year, no procession will be held and a low-key celebration will be held within the complex.”
The low-key event was to begin at 4 pm. “But some of the youngsters got impatient. When Babaji explained the situation to them, they moved to Gate number 1 and started moving on the traditional route of the procession,” he added. The “Hola Mohalla” procession traditionally includes a display of Sikh martial skills.
Despite the ban on gatherings in the state, the locals had planned to go ahead with the procession. The police had put up barricades near the Gurdwara. The trouble reportedly started when the Nishan Sahib, or the Sikh religious flag, was brought to a Gurdwara gate and participants in the event started arguing. A large group then stormed out of the gate.
A viral video of the incident showed the mob storming the Gurdwara, breaking barricades and attacking the policemen.
“Permission for the Hola Mohalla procession was not granted to them due to the pandemic. The gurdwara committee was informed and they had assured us that they would abide by our directives, the official said. However, when the Nishan Sahib was brought to the gate around 4 p.m. they started arguing and over 300 youth broke the gate and began attacking policemen,” he said.
Nishan Sahib is a triangular saffron-coloured flag furling outside a Gurdwara on a steel pole covered with a saffron-coloured cloth that is most popularly associated with Guru Hargobind. The flag also has an insignia called Khanda in the middle. The Khanda includes two swords and a chakra.
In connection with violence, the police have arrested 17 people and booked 400 persons so far. Several vehicles were also damaged in the violence, the official said.
Ramesh Jarkiholi, a politician from Karnataka always remained in controversy for various reasons and this time it was Rape. Changed sides to the Bharatiya Janata Party and represented Gokak Assembly Constituency of Belgaum, Karnataka. The constituency has been ruled by the Jarkiholi family for over 15 years.
He was earlier associated with Indian National Congress. In October 2018, Jarkiholi convinced other MLAs from Belagavi to rebel against Congress. Because he was angry at being dropped from Ministry and having troubleshooter DK Shivakumar influencing Belagavi politics because DKS got Jarkiholi’s rival Lakshmi Hebbalkar elected as MLA from Belagavi (rural) and made her President of KPCC Women’s Wing. He organized 14 other Congress MLAs to resign their posts.
He was one of the 15 MLAs from Congress and 2 from JD(S) who resigned in July 2019, bringing down the HDK Congress-JD(S) coalition and allowing BSY to return to Power. After the Supreme Court ruling held up their disqualification but allowed them to run, Jarkiholi joined BJP along with all other rebels inducted by Sri B.S. Yeddyurappa and other important persons.
He was given a BJP ticket for By Poll for his Gokak seat. He then conveniently overpowered his challengers in by-polls in December, beating his nearest rival, his brother Lakhan contesting as a Congress candidate, by almost 30,000 votes. The win was not on his merits but just the Modi wave.
On 2 March 2021, a case was filed against Jarkiholi for sexually harassing a woman on the pretext of getting her a government job. Video clips emerged purporting to show Jarkiholi getting intimate with the victim. Although he denied the charges, Jarkiholi was asked to resign just before the budget session.
The case of the alleged sex-for-jobs CD is continuing to make waves in Karnataka – particularly in political circles. BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi resigned as Water Resources Minister after local channels began playing a tape that allegedly showed him with a woman. The complaint that was subsequently filed – by a third person – was later withdrawn, and the woman filed one herself.
Now she has written to the Karnataka Chief Justice, requesting him to personally supervise the investigation and direct the state to provide her with protection. “I am the rape victim, having filed a complaint against the former minister of the Government of Karnataka… Ramesh Jarkiholi is a highly influential person and has already threatened me in public… of going to any extent against me to clear my charges against him,” she wrote.
“I have already expressed my serious apprehension about the frequent threats… to me and my parents by Ramesh Jarkiholi and his followers… have requested the Special Investigation Team (SIT) seeking protection for myself and my parents,” she added.
In her three-page letter the woman also wrote: “Despite my apprehension, the SIT has not given any protection to my parents and to myself, so far, in collusion with Ramesh Jarkiholi.” “Ramesh Jarkiholi is having criminal antecedents and has already started destroying evidence…” Ramesh Jarkiholi may kill me at any place or at any point…” she alleged.
The opposition Congress has attacked the ruling BJP on this issue – both inside and outside the Assembly, with the former Chief Minister taking them on social media.
Jarkiholi is from a prominent sugarcane growing family and Businessman Laxmanrao Jarkiholi. He is from Valmiki Nayaka community designated as a Scheduled Tribe in India’s reservation system. His four siblings are all also in Politics, three with Congress and two with BJP.
The rape victim is scared of this family due to their background. Woman in Ramesh Jarkiholi sex scandal seeks state protection. She has sent a video message to Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai seeking protection after a CD was leaked to several media channels which showed her in a compromising position with Jarkiholi. She has claimed that the CD has damaged her reputation and as a result, both she and her family have attempted suicide.
The woman has also stated that she does not know how the video of her and Ramesh Jarkiholi was captured. Jarkiholi has called the video fake. His brother Balachandra Jarkiholi on Sunday said that the conspirators spent over Rs 15 crores to upload the video in Russia.
Ramesh added to the theory, stating that the entire conspiracy was hatched in two apartments around the Yeshwantpur area of Bengaluru. He said that there are two main conspirators and at least seven more behind them who hatched the plan. He refused to divulge any more details.
If you have lost your Aadhaar card, need not worry, you don’t need to visit Aadhaar centre.
Just visit the official website of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) at uidai.gov.in. On the homepage of the website, look for the ‘My Aadhaar’ option and click on it. You will see many options in a list format. There you would be given options, you have to go to the ‘Aadhaar service’ column and click on ‘Retrieve Lost or Forgotten EID / UID’ option. Now, a new page will open in which you will have two options under EID or UID.
Select any number you want. Now, enter your full name, mobile number and Email-ID. After this type the captcha visible on the screen and press the button with the Send OTP option. By clicking the OTP button, a registered 4 or 6 digit code will appear on your registered mobile number.
After submitting this code, your EID or UID number will come on your registered mobile number. So while doing any changes or applying for a new Aadhaar card you must have your registered mobile number with you. In case you want to change the number that is linked with Aadhaar, in that case also you have to have your old number that is linked with Aadhaar active.
Now, a payment gateway page will open on the screen. You will be required to pay a fee of Rs 50 through any digital mode of payment. Once the payment is done, you will be sent a hard copy of your Aadhaar card through Speed Post in the next 15 days. Soft copies can be downloaded here and there.
These days the Aadhaar Card is needed everywhere. If you want to avail any government scheme, your Aadhaar verification will be done first.
In most places, Aadhaar has been made mandatory. Losing your Aadhaar card won’t be annoying any more as it can be availed again.
Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising of Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress, the three parties formed an alliance post-Assembly election in 2019 to keep the BJP out of power. The Shiv Sena, which had contested the Assembly election jointly with the BJP, decided to end the association after the BJP refused to accept the demand for CM’s chair. Uddhav was very much reluctant to have a CM from the Shiv Sena in the state, but Devendra’s ambition to continue as CM of Maharashtra made them part their ways.
Thackeray’s family lived with a golden rule that they would never stand for an election, nor occupy a political post. Balasaheb always remained as the ‘remote control’ – a behind the scenes marionette master whose very word was law. He was the kingmaker and big brother in equations with BJP.
By the 2019 scenario changed and Balasaheb’s grandson contested and won the seat. There were rumors that Aaditya Thackeray could be the Deputy CM in the Sena and BJP alliance, but Uddhav never wanted to settle on this deal. NCP veteran Sharad Pawar stepped in and Shiv Sena/NCP/Congress coalition government was formed in Maharashtra. This was rather a big shocker for BJP because Sena going in alliance with Congress was never thought off by anyone.
Sharad Pawar’s experimental tapping of political openings, Shiv Sena’s ‘pride and dare’ and the ability of senior Congress leaders to convince party chief Sonia Gandhi to follow Indira Gandhi’s exceptional course of turning necessity into opportunity were factors that facilitated the coming together of the three parties against BJP which had made unconcealed attempts to finish off all the three parties.
Somehow Uddhav as Chief Minister was giving his best performance. Differences within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) were out in the open when its alliance partner said that it wants to form a government in Maharashtra on its own. Senior Congress leader Nana Patole came out saying that his party is working to establish the next government in the state on its own.
Uddhav Thackeray never desired to be at CM post. It was over a power-sharing understanding – Devendra Fadnavis and Uddhav Thackeray would be chief minister for two and a half years – which the partners of 25 years, Shiv Sena and BJP fell out and Pawar by announcing Uddhav as CM took a plunge. BJP was under the illusion that the Sena had nowhere to go and would, in the end, bulge it and stay back.
Meanwhile, Fadnavis was making every effort to come back in power. There are constant attacks on MVA by BJP leaders. They tried their level best to topple the state government. But Sharad Pawar made it difficult for them by taking all the control in hand. Since then the wounded Devendra keeping his fingers crossed to bring down MVA.
There were one after other controversies and all were pertaining to law and order situations. Be it Palghar mob lynching, COVID-19 lapses, the Sushant Singh’s death and now direct allegations by former Police Commissioner of Mumbai. Congress’s Anil Deshmukh always remained in controversy, this time Uddhav was keen that Anil Deshmukh resigns from the post and he communicated this to NCP chief Sharad Pawar. However, Congress has preferred to keep mum on the developments.
The humiliated Congress leaders were running towards NCP. BJP tried breaking Shiv Sena leaders to join their party but nothing worked in their favor.
Ever since, the opposition has left no stone unturned, backbiting over the ways in which the sitting government has led the state, attacking it at every opportunity available. The MVA too has thoroughly undone several assessments that were crucial for the past BJP government, more particularly for Fadnavis. By doing so, the conflict between the BJP and Sena worsened.
BJP always called MVA a “three-wheeler” coalition government assuming that it is seemingly operating on a weekly ventilator; it’s almost more than a year after Thackeray has been leading an uncomfortable coalition government in Maharashtra, but he sustained. There is another factor, till the time Sharad Pawar has his hand on Thackeray’s head nothing can stop Shiv Sena from holding on to power.
