The writer is editor, 'Loksatta'
BJP’s weakened showing in Maharashtra a lesson for over-confident party that ridiculed Opposition
It’s not surprising that several cabinet ministers in the Fadnavis government were sent packing by voters. The performance of the BJP’s alliance partner, Shiv Sena, has been underwhelming. Political observers have time and again pointed out the Sena’s helplessness in tagging along with the BJP.
“Aag ke liye pani ka hona zaruri hai, satta ke liye santulan zaruri hai,” says Om Puri in his inimitable style in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool, based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Voters in Maharashtra have displayed what that santulan, or equanimity, is all about. The hubris with which the BJP-Shiv Sena conducted its business in the past few months has led to the saffron combine’s wings being clipped to a large extent — and rightfully so.
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