A strange but very important picture is emerging BJP–Congress Tie-Up in the politics of Maharashtra, which is exposing the real truth of local body elections in today’s era. In the Ambernath Municipal Council, perhaps for the first time in the history of the country, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, who were always considered each other’s biggest enemies, now stood together for the sake of power.
This alliance is not a match of ideologies, but a game of pure balance of power. The real objective is clear – to keep BJP’s old ally Shiv Sena out of power.
One thing becomes very clear from this incident that the local body elections in Maharashtra are no longer fought only in the name of the party, but are based on numbers, manipulation and strategy.
Till yesterday, BJP–Congress Tie-Up was accusing each other of corruption, treason and ideology, but today it is planning to seize power by sitting on the same platform. Due to this, a big question is arising in the minds of the general public – are the votes really being cast for the sake of ideology, or are they just being used in the game of power?
This alliance of Ambernath is giving a clear indication that “there are no permanent friends or enemies in local politics.” Wherever the youth party sees benefit, it bows down to them. Shiv Sena, which remained with BJP for years, has today itself become a victim of the joint move of BJP-Congress. Due to this, there is natural resentment among Shiv Sena supporters.
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Political turmoil is already going on in Maharashtra – games of government collapse, party changes, rebel MLAs and ideological confusion. The case of Ambernath is a small sample of all. It becomes clear from this that we may see even more strange alliances in the upcoming Municipal Corporation and Panchayat elections.
In the end it had to be said that the local elections in Maharashtra are no longer a simple exercise of democracy, but have become pure power politics. The BJP-Congress alliance in Ambernath is teaching that “anything can happen in local body polls.”
