The BJP is facing a major bypoll test in Maharashtra next month, and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will have to show that he is no Yogi Adityanath and is undaunted by the anti-saffron forces, including the supposed ally Shiv Sena, joining ranks. The bypolls to the Gondia-Bhandara and Palghar Lok Sabha seats are being held at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah are trying to wrest power from the Congress in Karnataka amid stiff resistance from a feisty Siddaramaiah, the state’s chief minister.
Maharashtra is no ordinary state. It has the ...
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First Published: Sun, April 08 2018. 21:02 IST
