All of a sudden, it is a big news-events season in Maharashtra's politics. In a dramatic manner, the estranged Thackeray cousins, as well as Maharashtra's biggest political family, the Pawars, have decided to unite. Uncle Sharad Pawar and nephew Ajit Pawar are planning to put aside their differences and join hands after two and a half years. These will be historic events. On Wednesday, the Thackeray cousins, who have been bitter rivals for almost 20 years, are likely to announce their reunion. They are in the process of entering into an alliance and fighting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), as well as some other municipal elections such as Thane and Nashik, as a joint force!

The big victory that the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance scored in the 288 city council or nagar-parishad elections last week has put the BJP firmly in the saddle for the upcoming elections of 29 municipalities in Maharashtra. Some of the richest municipal bodies, such as Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Nagpur, will go to polls, and the BJP is now focusing on these elections by putting its heart and soul in them. In the city council polls of Maharashtra last week, the BJP-led........

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