Devendra Fadnavis and Sanjay Raut at NDTV Marathi’s Jahirnama occasion right this moment
Mumbai:
They are arch-rivals in Maharashtra’s political area, taking swipes and unleashing barbs at one another because the state gears up for the November 20 Assembly election. But in a uncommon second of political bonhomie, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut shook arms and exchanged laughs on the NDTV Marathi’s Jahirnama occasion right this moment. The two leaders additionally posed for {a photograph}, and Mr Fadnavis quipped, “(This is) the picture of the 12 months.”
The 288 Assembly segments of the Maharashtra will vote on November 20. The votes shall be counted on November 23.
Maharashtra’s political panorama has utterly modified between the 2019 state polls and the upcoming election. In 2019, the BJP and Shiv Sena alliance scored a thumping victory. The alliance fell by way of attributable to a disagreement over rotational chief ministership. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray then tied up with Sharad Pawar’s NCP and the Congress to kind the federal government. This authorities was toppled two years later attributable to a mutiny led by Sena chief Eknath Shinde, who then turned Chief Minister with BJP’s assist. The Sena break up and the NCP adopted. Currently, the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP are a part of the ruling coalition. They are up in opposition to the alliance of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP.
The BJP-Sena-NCP alliance suffered a setback within the Lok Sabha polls earlier this 12 months, successful simply 17 of the 48 seats within the politically important state. The Maha Vikas Aghadi, alternatively, put up a stellar present by successful 30 seats.
In this election, the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP mix is seeking to get well from the Lok Sabha polls setback, whereas the Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising Sena (UBT), NCP and the Congress goes all-out to wrest energy and script a comeback story.