The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) emerged as the largest winning alliance in Maharashtra, winning 30 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress, which had won just one seat in 2019, bagged 13 this time. The Shiv Sena (UBT), which contested 23 seats, won nine.
The results raise an interesting question for the UBT: Were the gaddars (traitors) successful in retaining their seats? Was the result because the UBT declared candidates directly without taking alliance parties in confidence, for example in Sangli and Mumbai North West?
Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray lost his bastion Thane and the entire Konkan belt, including Raigad and Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg.
Was this the effect of losing the party's name and symbol? Will Thackeray's bargaining power go down in the assembly and BMC elections?
Will the UBT have to give more seats to its alliance partners in the elections?
This story is from the June 06, 2024 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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