BJP’s victory in four out of five state assembly elections has increased the tension of the ruling leaders in Maharashtra as well. Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday, a day after the election results were announced.
The meeting took place at ‘Varsha’, the official residence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in the backdrop of BJP’s stellar performance in Uttar Pradesh and victories in Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party had contested the Goa Assembly elections in alliance but could not win a single seat. Shiv Sena has not been able to do anything in UP also.
The Thackeray-Pawar meeting came after BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis alleged that the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra was trying to implicate BJP leaders in false cases, and shared a video in which a public prosecutor was seen as such. Shown making a plan.
The state government is expected to respond to the allegations on the matter in the assembly on Monday. Pawar had said the government should confirm the allegations while Fadnavis has demanded a CBI probe into the matter. Municipal elections are also to be held in Maharashtra this year. In such a situation, English speaking voters living in and around Mumbai can play a big game.