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At 83, Sharad Pawar is facing a new challenge in his political career spanning over six decades to rebuild his party again. However, unlike the past when he fought many a battle against his political rivals, this time the gauntlet has been thrown by his nephew and ex-protege Ajit Pawar, the Deputy Chief Minister in the NDA-led Maharashtra government.
THE UNREST among the OBCs following a Maharashtra government draft notification allowing the issue of Kunbi certificates to the blood relatives of Maratha members who already have the certificate does not auger well for the ruling BJP ahead of the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
By reaching an agreement with Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has not only succeeded in ending an agitation with the potential of paralysing Mumbai and causing his government problems but has also raised his stature among the dominant community.
As the Opposition is battling ally troubles on many fronts, its attempts to get the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) led by Prakash Ambedkar on board in Maharashtra has been sputtering, in fits and starts. On Thursday, Ambedkar responded to an invite by Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole to join seat-sharing talks with the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance by questioning Patole’s authority on the matter.
With Manoj Jarange-Patil determined to bring the Maratha reservation battle to Mumbai on January 26, the Maharashtra government has pinned its hopes on the Supreme Court examining a curative petition challenging the court’s decision to strike down a 2018 law that granted quota to the community.
When senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde made the startling claim last Wednesday that he had been approached by the BJP twice to join its fold, he was looking to project the state BJP’s policy of expansion, which would involve the ruling party’s bid to ensure the decimation of the Opposition players, especially the Congress.
For the second time in as many weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Maharashtra to inaugurate government projects. On Friday, exactly a week after he unveiled the country’s longest bridge Atal Setu and inaugurated and laid the foundation of more projects worth almost Rs 15,000 crore, Modi will be in Solapur to inaugurate what has been billed as the largest low-cost housing project in the country and lay the foundation of eight AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) projects worth around Rs 2,000 crore.
The high-profile Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency, which saw the departure of former MP Milind Deora from the Congress to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Sunday, has largely remained with the Congress for most of the last six decades. The BJP has only twice in the period, since 1962 – in 1996, and 1999. However, if the Congress won the seat eight times in the 15 elections held between 1962 and 2014, the party lost it to the undivided Shiv Sena in 2014 and 2019.