Mumbai: In one more household reunion (apart from the Thackerays), the 2 NCP factions had tied up for the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal company elections. However leads present the technique has failed.

Each firms have been as soon as undivided NCP bastions, earlier than slipping into the BJP’s kitty in 2017. This time, in an effort to win again the household citadel, the Pawar household (Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar) joined palms, however leads point out a large setback to the Pawar household in each Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

In Pimpri-Chinchwad, of the 128, BJP is main in 85 seats, NCP is main in 35 seats (Ajit Pawar faction in 34; Sharad Pawar faction in 1), Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena is main in 7, and MVA (Congress, Shiv Sena UBT, MNS) is but to open its account.

The Pawars becoming a member of palms appears to have been a futile train, as BJP’s recognition has outweighed the mixed NCP. This places a giant query mark on the way forward for NCP-SP and Ajit Pawar’s significance within the Mahayuti.

Though Ajit Pawar has clarified that each NCPs coming collectively in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad polls doesn’t imply a merger is on the playing cards in future, after this debacle, each NCPs might want to take a tough have a look at what lies forward for them.

In the meantime, for the BJP, its efficiency solidifies its place in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, twin cities that have been as soon as the bastion of the Pawar household.

(Edited by Viny Mishra)

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