Every decision in life is risky. There remains room for errors in judgment even in well-intentioned decisions. It is believed that only risky decisions pave the way to success, but with Uddhav Thackeray it was quite the opposite. In 2019, Uddhav Thackeray also took a similar decision.
BJP and Shiv Sena were close in the 80s, but came to joint power in the 90s. Hindutva politics was common between the two, but as soon as Uddhav Thackeray left the BJP and joined Congress and Sharad Pawar, the disputes began. issues.
What happened to Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra politics, later also happened to Sharad Pawar. And Sharad Pawar did not even suggest any step forward like Uddhav Thackeray. Uddhav Thackeray had tried to transform his old hardline ideology to soft and ultra-soft Hindutva. Despite being with Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray tried to remain as a Hindu leader but failed at every step.
Not only the BJP was aggressive against Uddhav Thackeray, Raj Thackeray also started joining in and eventually even Eknath Shinde also joined in. After Eknath Shinde’s rebellion, the results of the Lok Sabha elections raised some hopes in the mind of Uddhav Thackeray, but in the assembly elections it seems that everything is over. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Uddhav Thackeray won 9 out of total 48 seats in Maharashtra. But of the 288 assembly seats, Uddhav Thackeray could win only 20, while his former colleague Eknath Shinde bagged 57 seats. Shiv Sena won 56 seats in the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections. If we add the seats shared by both, it leaves 77 seats. It’s too much. In 2019, Uddhav Thackeray had fought for 124 seats with the erstwhile alliance, but this time he won only 95 seats.
There was a time in Maharashtra politics when it was said of Balasaheb Thackeray that he used to control the government remotely. That was when the Shiv Sena-BJP government was formed in Maharashtra in 1995, but see? Let’s see what happened.
When Uddhav kept looking and the entire group slipped out of his hands.
The conflict between Uddhav Thackeray and the BJP had started in the 2014 assembly elections themselves, but the matter was resolved thanks to the rescue of some leaders from both sides. Despite participating in the elections separately, both parties formed the government together and led it for five years.
Both had contested the 2019 elections together, but there was a clash over the Chief Minister’s post. Uddhav Thackeray claimed that the Chief Minister’s post was discussed for two and a half years, but the BJP clearly denied that no such agreement had been reached. Today, similar things are being heard from Eknath Shinde. Eknath Shinde rejects BJP leaders’ statement that whoever wins more seats will also be the Chief Minister. This time the BJP won a maximum of 132 seats in the assembly.
For his part, Uddhav Thackeray only wanted to serve as Chief Minister for two and a half years, and when 2022 came, that period too was over. Then Eknath Shinde rebelled along with 40 MLAs. He got the support of the BJP and also became the Chief Minister.
Even going to the Election Commission and the Supreme Court was useless. Uddhav Thackeray had already lost the post of Chief Minister and had lost both the name and symbol of the party. When the results came in on November 23, it seemed the task had been completed.
All efforts to become the face of the Chief Minister went in vain
Uddhav Thackeray wanted to declare him the chief minister of the MVA in the elections, but it was not possible. First, Sharad Pawar created hurdles, and when he came to Delhi Darbar after bypassing Nana Patole, even Rahul Gandhi did not get support.
Uddhav Thackeray wanted to seek people’s support citing the work done during his government, and also ensure that if the opposition alliance won, he would become Chief Minister. In fact, if we look at the performance in the Lok Sabha elections, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole himself was a contender for the Chief Minister’s post, and Sharad Pawar wanted his man.
BMC elections are now the last hope
The BMC elections would have been the first opportunity for Uddhav Thackeray to test himself, but for various reasons he has postponed it till now. Since elections were not held and the term ended, the situation reached such a point that an administrator had to be appointed in BMC.
The BMC elections are the last ray of hope for Uddhav Thackeray after the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Just as the atmosphere in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections is different, there are different issues in local body elections, and they are also fought in different ways.
In the assembly elections, the leaders of the allies in Mahavikas Aghadi faced mutual conflicts, but the pattern of the BMC elections will also be similar to the Lok Sabha elections; in such a situation, Uddhav Thackeray has a good chance of recovery. but yes, that last one is a possibility.
