The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed tried and tested Bhupender Yadav as in-charge of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Union minister will be assisted by his Cabinet colleague Ashwini Vaishnaw. BJP had also contested the 2019 Assembly elections in Maharashtra under Yadav, who was then the national general secretary. 

His return in the same capacity means that the party wants a hand that knows the state politics well and has better coordination with the state leadership that has already worked with him. The political situation in the state has complicated further for the BJP in the wake of poor returns for the NDA in the Lok Sabha polls.
The MVA won a maximum number, with the Congress topping the chart with 13. The BJP—the highest gainer of 2019—went into single digits. BJP`s two other alliance partners did not perform as expected.