Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led three-party government completed two years in office on Sunday. Congratulations, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for the feat that was achieved against the deadlines given very often for pulling down the state government. One more forecast has come from Union minister Narayan Rane, who has given until March for the collapse of the MVA reign. Only time will tell about his predictions. Hope floats in the BJP camp because of the activities that are akin to ‘yet another’ attempt of putting the Sena-led government into a pressure cooker. Good thing for the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress is that, so far, they have managed to keep the lid of the cooker intact despite the safety valves being under threat. Unlike politicos, we will stay away from predicting what it all will boil down to and when, why and how.

As it becomes as old as the novel Coronavirus pandemic while being constantly questioned over its stability, the MVA government has much to do on the economic, agriculture (in addition to the farm loan waiver), social, education, infrastructure, public health (other than COVID-19) fronts, etc. Public expectations never end, but the governments have to work on them in the best possible convincing manner. One of the concerns is about the infra projects that are delayed, stalled or moving at a slow pace. If the state cannot take up new infrastructure projects for want of funds, its priority should be to speed up the delayed/stalled projects. It is common knowledge that delay increases project cost, burdens the tax payers and denies the public the right to service. Mumbai has been looking at the MVA government with a big concern when it comes to the delayed/stalled projects. The Sena and the BJP are expected to make an agenda out of the project-related topics while campaigning in the forthcoming BMC polls.