The Big Test For BJP, Opposition In Maharashtra On November 20
NDTV
The BJP and its allies - Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party -- hope to win despite the setback they suffered in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year.
Elections for 288 assembly seats of Maharashtra will be held on November 20. The counting of votes will take place three days later, the Election Commission announced this afternoon, setting off the countdown to the year's last key election.
The BJP and its allies - Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party -- hope to win despite the setback they suffered in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year. The morale is high in the ruling camp, especially after the BJP won a historic third term in Haryana amid reports of anti-incumbency and Jat anger.
The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi -- the alliance of Congress, Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena and the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP -- which bested the ruling alliance, is counting on a repeat performance.
