Will BJP form its government on its own? Will Shivsena be the second largest party? Will Shivsena join hands with BJP or be in opposition? So many questions. I guess we will have to wait for 19th October.
But whatever happened before these parties went to polls should have been avoided. BJP and Shivsena should have fought together was the expectation of millions in Maharashtra like me. Many were confused as to whom to support as both parties were inseparable for us. We hadn’t seen two parties having same ideologies fighting against each other. There is still a fear as to what will happen on 19th? Will the votes get divided?
No doubt, Shivsena was the caretaker for the middle class Maharashtrians, Mumbaikars etc. It has served Maharashtrians. But I have few complaints. The party didn’t change with the changing times. Post Bal Thakaray's demise, the party has kind of lost its sheen.
BJP was a younger brother in state and Shivsena expected BJP to play the same role in Maharashtra. But that was a mistake on Shivsena’s part. In democracy, every individual, party has the right to expand and be ambitious. No one is friend and no one is a foe. Moreover BJP’s track record was always impressive compared to Shivsena. And on top of it, they had a national hero as their face. So it would have been foolish on BJP’s part if they would have not leveraged on the same.
So we all agreed to disagree with the stand taken by both parties to contest separately and test waters.
But then the stand taken to attack BJP for breaking alliance and holding them responsible for the same is wrong. We all saw what happened till 26th Sep and why the alliance broke. You wanted to contest 151 and BJP wanted 135 seats and seats for smaller partners. You didn’t agree, BJP didn’t agree. Okay, fine. But where is the question of backstabbing?
We all respect Shivaji. But why repeated references to Shivaji, Afzal khan et. I feel these are all unwanted in today’s world. Times have changed now. And precisely this is the reason we are still where we are and others (countries as China, Japan and Korea) have progressed. We have lost significant time and we need to move fast forward. This was an opty for Mr. Uddhav Thakaray to prove yourself. Rather you chose a wrong path. Instead of attacking the (mis)rulers, you chose to attack BJP who had nothing to do with the current state and affairs of Maharashtra.
Time is still not lost Mr. Uddhav Thakaray. BJP has been telling that Shivsena is not a political opponent. So don’t stick to your stand of ‘Moden pan wakanar Nahee’. Sometimes it helps to be flexible. So in the larger interest of the state and larger interest of the party, please forget what had happened in last 2 month. Mend ways with BJP. We want BJP and Shivsena to be seen as one single force.
