Maharashtra Election Results, How Eknath Shinde Proved Critics Wrong with real Shiv Sena: Political Mastery, Defying Critics and Winning Maharashtra [Video]

1. Tapping Into Sena MLAs’ Discontent With Congress-NCP

First, tapping into the severe discontent in the Shiv Sena with the Congress-NCP in 2019. The most unusual alliance was formed in 2019 when Uddhav Thackeray broke ties with the BJP and joined hands with the Congress-NCP. The rising discomfort of Sena office bearers and MLAs and the alleged accessibility of Uddhav Thackeray was Shinde’s gain that led to the rebellion.

2. Becoming the People’s CM

The doors of Varsha, the official bungalow of the Maharashtra CM, were always open for the common man – this is a fact that many covering him and his politics will tell you. But what really put him on the pedestal was people-friendly schemes — the Laadki Bahin Yojana of direct Rs1,500 cash transfer into women’s accounts, subsidised bus travel for women in MSRTC commute, schemes for free education for girl children till graduation, subsidised medical treatments at the chain of ‘Aapla Davakhana’ clinics, scores of development projects in …