A fight to prove might, who’s heavy, who’s light
Updated On: 06 June, 2022 06:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
With the MVA and the BJP out to prove their supremacy, this month’s Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council polls are expected to be a game changer in the state politics
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This month is expected to be a potential game changer in Maharashtra politics. The results of the June 10 Rajya Sabha and June 20 Legislative Council polls will determine whether the Bharatiya Janata Party is superior or the Maha Vikas Aghadi is united and stable. Like the RS elections, the Council polls will also be fought between the two as there seems no possibility of an unopposed contest. The RS has six vacancies for which seven candidates are in the fray. In the Council, ten seats are up for grabs, with more than ten contestants likely to take up the challenge.
The RS polls have the open ballot. It makes the task a bit easier as far as the respective party’s official MLA voters are concerned, but the Council elections are conducted in a secret ballot. Independents remain the most sought-after and decisive factor in both polls, so do smaller parties. Preferential voting makes the process more critical. Though a perfect division of votes can be charted out for the voters, the final calculations depend entirely on the ‘assured’ execution of the franchise. Both political sides in Maharashtra must have considered all such possibilities while refusing to pull out any of their RS candidates. The 287 MLAs will decide the fate of seven candidates. It will be 285 if the former minister Anil Deshmukh and sitting minister Nawab Malik, who have been in jail, are not allowed to vote. Those abstaining from voting will further reduce the number of voters.
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