Updated On: 13 March, 2024 10:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Keshav Upadhye
Everyone will agree that after the last Lok Sabha elections, Mahayuti’s power has multiplied

NCP leader Sharad Pawar, former CM Uddhav Thackeray and Congress’ Bhai Jagtap and Nana Patole. Pic/PTI
The Lok Sabha elections will be declared at any moment and Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi are emulating each other in an attempt to outsmart each other. Mahayuti is certain that it will win more than 45 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats, having just concluded its pivotal meeting to deliberate on seat sharing within their alliance, taking a step at a time in that direction. It will also shortly release its final list of candidates, guided by ‘Maha Chanakya’ Amit Shah and expertly orchestrated by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and both of his deputies, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar. It is also important to understand that anything sown in the media has to be disregarded.
Media’s viewpoint may differ, but seat-sharing discussions within the Mahayuti are proceeding smoothly. But there are discrepancies with the Maha Vikas Aghadi. From proclamations made by leftover Sena spokesperson to the Congress’s denial of requests to Sharad Pawar’s aspirations… And just when one thinks that everything that has happened was inevitable, along comes the bouncers from Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi’s Prakash Ambedkar. In this seat-sharing debate within the Maha Vikas Aghadi, there is so much misunderstanding that nobody understands what to anticipate or what is going to happen with this alliance.