Breathing space for secularists: Maharashtra election results bust some myths about how people now vote | The Indian Express

Breathing space for secularists: Maharashtra election results bust some myths about how people now vote | The Indian Express

Written by Jyoti Punwani |Updated: October 28, 2019 1:53:54 pm

The writer is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist.

Breathing space for secularists: Maharashtra election results bust some myths about how people now vote

There’s a long long struggle ahead for those working to counter the BJP’s divisive programme. All that can be said is that Maharashtra’s voters have given them some breathing space.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray. (File)

Finally there’s reason to smile,’’ said a human rights activist in Mumbai after the Maharashtra Assembly results were declared. Indeed, there’s enough to rejoice for those who yearned to see light at the end of a seemingly endless tunnel filled with fumes of hate.