The fierce fighting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand ended on the lines of high expectations from both contesting alliances and the exit polls declared seem to have taken a cautious track after the way they miserably failed in predicting Haryana results.
In Maharashtra, it is a do or die for Rahul Gandhi and he seems to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. Since it is a kichdi, one can know how best the dish has been cooked only from how many parties bag respective seats. These seats won by the alliance partners decide the strength of the ingredients of the kichdi.
It may end up unpalatable with fence sitters jumping into Mahayuthi which is also promising a better dish with all spice and flavour in their dish which they claim is like biryani (vegetarian) – a tempting dish. The economic stakes are higher than the political ones and hence people across the country are eager to know the outcome.
MVA may bank upon not more on their own campaigning, efficacy and trustworthiness of the alliance partners than on the possible infighting within the Mahayuthi which seems to have come into the open as could be seen in the way they campaigned with star campaigners also reducing their trips for reasons best known to themselves.
The Tawade incident has added to their cup of woes though they successfully deflected it with audio of Supriya Sule in the Bitcoin episode. Secondly, there is a strong rumour of somehow sidelining the Shinde-Fadnavis duo vis a vis other contender for the CM post in the new government they are sure to form.
In MVA, they seem to be going with a clarity that the new CM would be chosen on the pro rata success of the respective parties. Those who get the highest number of seats may stake the claim and the alliance may go with it though largesse will be given in other portfolios among the partners.
People seem to draw an inference that whether MVA wins or loses, the credit goes to the BJP which seems to have its own agenda of two choices – 1) Allow MVA to win and form the government to cut their duo (Fad-Shin) to size. But would they be so suicidal is a moot question. But politics being the last resort of a scoundrel, anything is possible in the foamy and murky waters of politics as dirty and dangerous as we are seeing in the Yamuna of Delhi. 2) Win, come what may, but thrust a CM like they did in Madhya Pradesh smuggling SC Chauhan to the Centre. In Rajasthan, it seems some Guruji advised a brahmin CM but in Maharashtra would that principle not apply is another big doubt.
For all the dirty politics played by Shinde on one hand and earlier Thackeray breaking his promise to BJP in the last term, Maharashtra people saw the decline of growth and development for five years as most of the time was spent on politicking and settling scores rather than doing work at grassroot level.
Coming to Jharkhand, the exit polls predicted almost a tie though one wonders why there cannot be a decisive win for Soren who went to jail while his wife held the forte during his absence.
Now EVMs don’t seem to play any role as all the theories have been debunked about hacking etc. However, a new theory of EVMs being totally replaced by rigged EVMs is not being ruled out. How is this possible when representatives of all parties have their 24×7 vigil with their hawk eyes? It is betrayers of the respective parties who fall prey to the temptation of money that can close the same hawk eye allowing what needs to take place for manipulation of the election process. ECI is definitely under the scanner for all their half-baked responses to serious accusations from all parties and it is playing safe with an inclination that favours the ruling dispensation.
