Balm before the storm
Updated On: 15 July, 2024 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
NDA gets a morale booster with 100 per cent win in the Council; MVA shows chinks in the armour as UBT gets Congress help to settle scores with ‘unfaithful’ partner
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Chief Minister Eknath Shinde flanked by Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar. File Pic/Ashish Raje
Hundred per cent victory in the Legislative Council polls brought much-needed cheers to the NDA camp last week. Down with disbelief, distress and disenchantment following the Lok Sabha debacle, the Mahayuti troika had a lot to worry about as the Opposition eyed their MLAs to cross-vote. But results showed otherwise. The Opposition MLAs cross-voted for NDA candidates. The Congress leadership admitted that it has identified the violators of party diktat. Exemplary disciplinary action is the offing for their betrayal, they said. On the ruling side, joy replaced concerns as Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar managed to keep their respective flocks together, and Devendra Fadnavis, laced with his 2022 Council poll experience, proved superior in arithmetic that has enhanced chemistry between the three.
This victory has acted as a balm for NDA’s injured morale post-Lok Sabha. The NDA karyakartas, who were being battered right, left and centre on social media and other platforms, have something worthwhile to brag about, notwithstanding the fact that this 100 per cent triumph in the indirect elections does not guarantee a sweeping victory in the October Assembly elections.
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