The leaders of the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra are lucky that the people of Maharashtra have lost their spirit to fight against the injustice by the government or against its inefficiency. There was a time when people would come out onto the streets and outside railway stations, demanding good governance or agitating against rising prices.

They would protest the failure of the ministers in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. Today, the protests, if any, are by a handful of people, who take to social media, often with an eye on the number of likes/reposts or followers one gets for the posts. As a society, we have become impotent.

Taking advantage of the situation, leaders of almost all political parties spend their time criticising their rivals or in making charges against them. This is seen more between the leaders of the two factions of the Shiv Sena.

Even after nearly three years, the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena is not able to digest the split in the party or that the rival faction is still attracting leaders and followers of the Thackeray faction to join its fold.

The Eknath Shinde faction did get good success in the elections to the State Legislative Assembly, but such success is not guaranteed in the ensuing elections to the local self-government bodies in the state. Hence, the party and its leaders, including ministers in the current government, grab every opportunity to run down Uddhav Thackeray.

The Shinde group........

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