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Friends turn foes during elections
Updated On: 13 January, 2014 12:18 PM IST | | Ravikiran Deshmukh
<p>In politics, what is seen is not always true. Pictures of camaraderie may turn out to be far from the reality</p>
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In politics, what is seen is not always true. Pictures of camaraderie may turn out to be far from the reality. To substantiate further, look at the current political scenario in Maharashtra — it shows that the Congress and the NCP have been alliance partners for 14 years and are running the Democratic Front government since 1999. But, they are the biggest competitors of each other, both in pursuit of expanding their political bases.
The principal opposition parties — BJP and Shiv Sena — have been together for over two and a half decades. But, instances from history say they are not natural allies. Both BJP and the Sena try to outsmart each other, especially in the assembly elections. This is due to an age-old formula, which says that the post of CM, if the alliance comes to power, will go in favour of the party with the maximum number of MLAs. Since 1999, Sena has always suspected that BJP tries to defeat its candidates.
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