Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV.
Campaigning in Maharashtra elections has ended. There was a fierce war of words throughout the day. Poisoned arrows were fired. Such dialogues were heard that even you will be shocked to hear them. Uddhav Thackeray said that whoever attacks Maharashtra, we will attack him and will put the traitors in jail. In response, Eknath Shinde said that the traitor is the one who abandoned Bala Saheb’s idea in the greed of the chair, the public will definitely punish him.
Sharad Pawar said to mess with everyone, but not with Sharad Pawar, because Sharad Pawar settles scores. In response, Ajit Pawar said that Pawar Saheb is big, but the public does the calculations. Mallikarjun Kharge called BJP and RSS poisonous snakes. Rahul Gandhi came with a safe. Showing the safe, he said, Adani Modi is one, that is why it is safe. Vinod Tawde said…Rahul Gandhi is fake, he is the Sheikh of Dharavi. It will not be surprising if the leaders who are calling each other poisonous snakes and traitors today are seen holding each other’s hands after November 23.
The last five years of Maharashtra politics were full of politics of deceit and deception. Shiv Sena contested the elections in alliance with BJP. The people of Maharashtra voted in the name of Fadnavis government but after winning the elections, Uddhav Thackeray cheated. Gave a condition to become the Chief Minister. Sharad Pawar came into the field. He made a plan to form a government with BJP overnight. There was a meeting with Amit Shah. Fadnavis became the Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar became the Deputy CM. But this was Sharad Pawar’s deception. He toppled the government. Then by showing the fear of BJP to Uddhav and Congress, a new government was formed which was under their control.
Uddhav became the Chief Minister but his own Eknath Shinde pulled the chair from under Uddhav. Shiv Sena broke. Became the Chief Minister by joining hands with BJP. Revenge against Uddhav was completed but the score with Sharad Pawar was yet to be settled. This time Ajit Dada pulled the party from under uncle Pawar. Captured the election symbol. Everyone betrayed each other in five years and this trend continues even today. No one can say what will happen after the elections, who will go with whom. Uddhav can come with BJP, Ajit can then go to Sharad Pawar’s house. Shinde can take refuge in Matoshree, anything can happen.
The truth is that in the last five years, the public has seen so much disintegration, so much sabotage, so much manipulation in the politics of Maharashtra that it is difficult to trust anyone now. The campaign is over, but the era of politics of deceit and deception is still there. Everything will change after the voting is over. There will be no traitor, no poisonous snake, no one will call anyone a dacoit or a thief. The game of ‘You go, I come’ will begin. The doors will open. The court will be decorated. Everyone will come closer to each other. That is why today it is difficult to say which camel will sit on which side.
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