Vivek's Commentary

Maharashtra Assembly 2019 results are eye-opening for every political party especially for parties in power. The important difference between Congress-NCP and BJP-Shivsena alliance was that INC-NCP localized the election while BJP-Shivsena centralized the election, therefore, BJP-Sena yuti was unable to overcome the local opposition. BJP-SHS alliance has witnessed a strong fight against their own rebellions. A similar thing is done by Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi. There is much discussion about the defeat of the INC-NCP alliance in some constituencies due to Vanchit Bahujan. The primary assumption for that is the people who vote for Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, would prefer to vote for INC-NCP in the absence of the Vanchit Bahujan. But in 2014, BJP managed to attract the votes of the backward categories. Now it is not clear whether these voters would prefer INC-NCP over BJP-SHS in the absence of the Vanchit Bahujan. But yes it is true that alliance with Vanchit Bahujan would have more profita