Analysis | Amit Shah visit likely to boost BJP ahead of Maharashtra civic polls
The Hindu
Party making calculated move by invoking Shivaji and Ambedkar, according to analysts
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s two-day visit to Maharashtra is expected to ahead of the crucial civic polls, particularly the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election scheduled for February next year.
On Sunday, Mr. Shah will lay the foundation stone of Chhatrapati Shivaji’s statue within the PMC premises and unveil a bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar at the entrance of the newly constructed civic building.
According to analysts, the BJP’s play around the and the greatest Dalit leader appears to be a calculated one at a time when the ire of both the Maratha and OBC communities is directed against the tripartite ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ government of the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress for having failed to ensure reservation for them.
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