AAP, Uddhav Sena Go Solo In Polls: Fissures In INDIA Bloc?
Under increasing pressure from its workers who are now questioning the utility of being in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance after its humiliating defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has now announced its intent of contesting all the urban local body and Zilla Parishad elections including the one for the prestigious BMC on its own. Another ally, Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Pawar, stated that its state leadership does not interfere in decisions regarding civic body elections, leaving it to its district committees. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party and the Trinamool Congress have endorsed the AAP in Delhi. SP chief Akhilesh however has said that the INDIA bloc is intact but made it clear that regional parties, not the Congress are better equipped to take on the BJP. So what do these different voices mean and signal for the future of opposition unity in the country?
