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Caught between a rock and a hard place: Congress legislative party in Maharashtra

June 15, 2020

The Congress legislative party is Maharashtra is held between a rock and a hard place. Congress is reduced to the Number 4 party in Maharashtra and is a filler in the MVA government. The Sena and NCP are taking the party for granted. However the Congress state unit has limited options.

NCP succession race looks settled as of now

January 6, 2020

Ajit Pawar has made a grand comeback in less than a month of rebelling against his uncle and creating a short-lived alliance with the BJP. This has enormous implications on the NCP succession plan

Implications of a Sena-Cong-NCP government on Mumbai-Thane-Konkan region

November 18, 2019

The formation of the Sena-NCP-Congress coalition government has major implications in Maharashtra politics, especially in the crucial Mumbai-Thane-Konkan belt that has 75 assembly seats. Could it be advantage BJP in this region? I explore the possibilities.

Final Prediction for Assembly seats in Mumbai – Part V

October 21, 2019

Analysis and result prediction for the six assembly seats of Mumbai South LS

Final Prediction for Assembly seats in Mumbai – Part IV

October 21, 2019

Analysis and result prediction for the six assembly seats that make up the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency viz. Anushakti Nagar, Chembur, Dharavi, Sion-Koliwada, Wadala and Mahim

Final Prediction for Assembly seats in Mumbai – Part III

October 19, 2019

Analysis and result & victory margin predictions for the six assembly seats under the Mumbai North East Lok Sabha seat viz. Mulund, Vikhroli, Bhandup West, Ghatkopar West, Ghatkopar East and Mankhurd-Shivajinagar

The Konkan factor in the Maharashtra assembly elections

October 9, 2019

The “Konkan factor” puts the NDA’s nose ahead in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. I explain in detail

Game of alliances and the vote katua factor in Maharashtra

September 17, 2019

Electoral politics in Maharashtra has been hugely impacted by making & breaking of alliances and the presence of vote katua (vote cutter) parties in the fray, in the last 30 years. The BJP-Sena seat sharing talks is a major inflection point that can have major implications on politics in the future

Firesale in the Congress and NCP

September 15, 2019

Firesale in the Congress and NCP, as leaders make a beeline for the BJP and the Shiv Sena, ahead of the important assembly elections in the state

Five reasons for the decline of the Congress party

June 21, 2019

Five reasons for the decline of the Congress party. Time will tell if the Congress addresses the reasons for their debacle in the Lok Sabha 2019 election or remains complacent

Prakash Ambedkar’s long term game plan in Maharashtra

June 19, 2019

What is cooking in Prakash Ambedkar’s mind? He has damaged Congress-NCP chances in seven Lok Sabha seats. Ambedkar seems to have a long term plan to emerge as a strong leader in Maharashtra

Ten factors causing a churn in Maharashtra politics

June 4, 2019

Ten trends that affected the Lok Sabha 2019 election results in Maharashtra and would have a strong bearing on the assembly elections to be held in October

25 takeaways from the Lok Sabha 2019 results in Mumbai

June 2, 2019

Twenty-five takeaways from the Lok Sabha 2019 results in Mumbai and the likely impact on the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.

Congress is not reaching a three digit tally in Lok Sabha elections 2019

April 12, 2019

The Lok Sabha 2014 elections were landmark as the winning party got a simple majority on its own after 30 years (after LS 1984)….