Election wars reached the front pages of Maharashtra바카라s significant newspapers as the last day of poll campaigning for the high-stake assembly elections came to an end.
The BJP played on the 바카라fear factor바카라 raking up the ghastly terror attacks of the past. In contrast, the opposition Congress-led Mahavikas Aghadi highlighted corruption and 바카라anti-Maharashtra바카라 governance under the BJP rule.
The BJP ad featured a collage of news clippings and headlines about major bomb attacks that rocked the cities of Mumbai and Pune in 2006 and 2008 during Congress rule, as well as the Palghar Sadhu lynching and Khichdi scam that took place during the COVID lockdown restrictions under Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. At the bottom of the page was its message to the voters: MVA바카라say no to Congress.
The BJP has heavily used the Hindutva card during the campaigning, targeting the MVA as anti-Hindu. Its star-studded campaign featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, along with BJP senior ministers and leaders like UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Anurag Thakur, MP Kangana Ranaut, Tejasvi Surya, and others.
The MVA coalition, including Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar), and Congress, released a joint advertisement, taking direct potshots against Modi, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar, and industrialist Gautam Adani바카라portrayed as caricatures stealing a pie of Maharashtra바카라s resources.
Central to the ad바카라s theme were the significant incidents of corruption, the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji바카라s statue, awarding the Dharavi redevelopment contract to the Adani group, rising unemployment, crime and women바카라s security. Enough of anti-Maharashtra governance; time to banish the corrupt alliance, reads the caption.
Uddhav Thackeray released a separate video, appealing to the voters for 바카라justice바카라 after he was ousted from the CM post in 2022. Flanked with a photo of his father and founder of Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray, and the party바카라s new symbol바카라mashaal (flaming torch), Thackeray reminded voters of how the MVA government was pulled down and replaced by the BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) government. 바카라They broke our party, stole our party name and symbol바카라 but they could not steal the love, support and trust of people,바카라 he said in an emotional appeal.
BJP바카라s Fadnavis alerted voters to 바카라wake up바카라 and decide the future of Maharashtra. He shared a video clip featuring his speech at a public rally: 바카라This election is an election of future generations. Wake up now; this is the last chance. Vote for the lotus symbol.바카라
In a press conference, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said he was confident he would win the elections with a majority. He held over 75 public rallies and made 25 video appearances across the state to inform people about the government바카라s major decisions, schemes and projects launched and completed during his tenure. 바카라We are content with the work done by the Mahayuti government in the last two and a half years, and we could see the contentment on people바카라s faces.바카라
This is the first state election following the split in Shiv Sena, and NCP after Shinde and Ajit Pawar left the original parties and joined the BJP Mahayuti alliance. The alliance resulted in the downfall of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government, which came to power in 2019. Political developments over the past five years have fragmented and divided alliances, parties, ideologies, and voter support bases.
Around a dozen political parties, including the six main political parties-- BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde), NCP (Ajit Pawar), Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and NCP (Sharad Pawar) divided into two alliances바카라 the Mahatyuti and Mahavikas바카라are in the fray. Nearly 7000 candidates are in the fray for the elections contesting the elections for the 288-seat assembly.
Voting will be held on Wednesday, 20 November, and results will be declared on 23 November.
The elections are crucial for both the rival alliances. While the BJP hopes to strike a hat trick and retain power, the MVA aims to unseat the ruling coalition. The election is also key for the survival of the regional parties바카라Shiv Sena and NCP바카라and for retaining their regional identity and politics in Maharashtra.
