Year Ender: Mahayuti’s 2024 jackpot hits MVA hard, Fadnavis govt readies to overcome challenges [Video]

The Mahayuti comprising BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP hit the jackpot in 2024 reporting a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections after a dismal performance in the Lok Sabha polls. BJP not only succeeded in asserting its big brother role in the grand alliance but also getting the chief minister’s post which it had sacrificed in June 2022 for Eknath Shinde after he staged a rebellion against Uddhav Thackeray.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi, which had outsmarted the MahaYuti in the Lok Sabha elections, met with a complete washout in the Assembly elections. MVA now faces an acid challenge to keep the alliance relevant and more importantly, its constituents — Congress, Shiv Sena UBT and NCP(SP) — to keep their respective flock together while pursuing efforts for revival in the next five years.

Mahayuti not only weathered the anti-incumbency factor but also worked cohesively to turn odds into opportunity by …