Shanker Arnimesh is a Senior Associate Editor, and covers national politics, particularly the BJP and Parliament. He joined ThePrint in Februaru 2018. Shanker can be reached at shanker.arnimesh@theprint.in
The most unhappy or angry man must be Mr Modi. He had congratulated Fadnavis and Ajit Powar within minutes of their swearing in. He was possibly the force behind the all-night manoeuvring, otherwise it wouldn’t have succeeded in the first place. Not Amit Shah, but Narendra Modi was the Chanakya in this case.
Given the furtive, clandestine nature of the swearing in ceremony, there was no possibility of generating a sympathy wave when the government fell. In a way, Shri Ajit Pawar cut everyone’s agony short. Losing a vote of confidence on the floor of the Assembly would have been even more painful. 2. Shri Devendra Fadnavis could outclass Eknath Khadse, Pankaja Munde, Vinod Tawde, Bawankule. Not Shri Sharad Pawar.
Really Sir. Senior Pawar has no clout in all of Maharashtra even. The only loser in the whole thing is SS and they walked in to Sharad Pawar’s trap and not BJP. Can the core constituency of SS digest them standing with Sonia? The answer lies there. BJP will tighten its screws on the Pawar gang and the chin music will start only now.
Really. The real Chanakya has proved himself in 2 general elections and Senior Pawar has no pan influence across Maharashtra. In fact he never crossed 100 in Maharashtra. Fadnavis has the clean image and only loser in the who affair seems to be SS. They will loose everything with this alliance
Agreed! SS is the biggest loser but ironically they are celebrating that. The best strategy for SS would have been to undertake a thorough review of their politics and become more acceptable to the people and increase their footprint in Maharashtra. However, they were after CM’s post and becoming an elder brother in the alliance. SS was never an elder brother because their strike has never crossed 50% i.e. they have never won 50%+ of the seats they contested.
The most unhappy or angry man must be Mr Modi. He had congratulated Fadnavis and Ajit Powar within minutes of their swearing in. He was possibly the force behind the all-night manoeuvring, otherwise it wouldn’t have succeeded in the first place. Not Amit Shah, but Narendra Modi was the Chanakya in this case.
Given the furtive, clandestine nature of the swearing in ceremony, there was no possibility of generating a sympathy wave when the government fell. In a way, Shri Ajit Pawar cut everyone’s agony short. Losing a vote of confidence on the floor of the Assembly would have been even more painful. 2. Shri Devendra Fadnavis could outclass Eknath Khadse, Pankaja Munde, Vinod Tawde, Bawankule. Not Shri Sharad Pawar.
Really Sir. Senior Pawar has no clout in all of Maharashtra even. The only loser in the whole thing is SS and they walked in to Sharad Pawar’s trap and not BJP. Can the core constituency of SS digest them standing with Sonia? The answer lies there. BJP will tighten its screws on the Pawar gang and the chin music will start only now.
Really. The real Chanakya has proved himself in 2 general elections and Senior Pawar has no pan influence across Maharashtra. In fact he never crossed 100 in Maharashtra. Fadnavis has the clean image and only loser in the who affair seems to be SS. They will loose everything with this alliance
Agreed! SS is the biggest loser but ironically they are celebrating that. The best strategy for SS would have been to undertake a thorough review of their politics and become more acceptable to the people and increase their footprint in Maharashtra. However, they were after CM’s post and becoming an elder brother in the alliance. SS was never an elder brother because their strike has never crossed 50% i.e. they have never won 50%+ of the seats they contested.
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