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Strained alliance | Maha schism

The Shinde-Fadnavis non-public contention continues to check the ruling alliance, whilst their respective events struggle for keep watch over of the political turf in Maharashtra

Mumbai,ISSUE DATE: Jul 10, 2023 | UPDATED: Jun 30, 2023 16:01 IST

AT ODDS: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde with (left) deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis (Picture: Getty Pictures)

Pressure is the def­ault environment in relation to the alliance of comfort that the ruling coalition in Maharashtra is. If Eknath Shinde is at pains to repeatedly show that he’s greater than a puppet leader minister, the BJP loses no alternative to remind him that he owes his place to them. And so the strikes and countermoves play in a loop, the previous’s petulant streaks of autonomy being met by means of his one-time patron with a lot of, smartly, patronising.

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Arindam Mukherjee

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Jun 30, 2023