Why the Maharashtra tsunami is a defining political moment

Nov 27, 2024 | 21:16 IST

While the BJP learnt from its mistakes to bounce back in the Maharashtra assembly polls, the result is a personal setback for Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi

Elections can have a sobering effect. The results of the 2024 Lok Sabha election in June brought the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) down to earth. Congress leaders said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government wouldn’t last six months.

The BJP’s victory in Haryana in October came as a shock to the Congress which managed to extract defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Why the Maharashtra tsunami is a defining political moment

While the BJP learnt from its mistakes to bounce back in the Maharashtra assembly polls, the result is a personal setback for Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi

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Why the Maharashtra tsunami is a defining political moment

While the BJP learnt from its mistakes to bounce back in the Maharashtra assembly polls, the result is a personal setback for Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi

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