India General Elections 2024: Ab ki baar Maharashtra too far?
Updated On: 03 June, 2024 04:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Exit polls forecast a drop in BJP and NDA numbers in the state even as Modi magic is said to be working elsewhere
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According to exit polls in Maharashtra, neither the BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) nor NCP (Ajit Pawar) have done well. File Pic/Satej Shinde
Most exit polls have forecast a resounding return of the BJP-led NDA with gains across the south, West Bengal and Odisha, but the predictions for Maharashtra show that the ruling party could take a hit in the state that sends 48 MPs, the second highest after Uttar Pradesh. According to exit polls, in a scenario predicted differently than the national scene, the BJP’s numbers in Maharashtra will reduce, and its allies Shiv Sena (Shinde) and NCP (Ajit Pawar) will not do any better, thus restricting NDA’s numbers to much below the 2019 mark of 41 seats. According to some polls, the NDA will not be able to touch the 30-seat mark.
On the Opposition side, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad Pawar) will gain substantially, say the exit polls. The decrease in seats, a substantial one as suggested by the polls, will not mean any good for the BJP that will be defending itself and NDA partners in this year’s Assembly polls. More seats for Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar will be their resurgence following party splits. Their rival camps, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and NCP (Ajit Pawar), will still be the Election Commission-endorsed parent outfits, but in reality, they will lose their ‘asli’ status in case of being doomed as forecast.
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