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In Maharashtra, BJP\u2019s pluses are its two terms at the Centre & a resource-rich campaign. Its problem is fashioning a state-level Hindutva-nativist narrative<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without invoking Bal Thackeray\u2019s name, there is no Hindutva in Maharashtra. And that is exactly where the challenge lies for BJP, which has set its sight on the magic number of 400 seats \u2014 a parliamentary supermajority \u2014 for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Maharashtra is key to its \u2018ab ki baar, 400 paar\u2019 calculus, but the task of improving NDA\u2019s 2019 score is daunting.
In 2019, BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won a neat 41 of Maharashtra\u2019s 48 LS seats \u2014 BJP 23, Shiv Sena 18. With Shiv Sena\u2019s split, Maharashtra has become an edge-of-the-seat battle, a crucial state that is a must-sweep for BJP, and not just for the numbers alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Maharashtra, BJP\u2019s pluses are its two terms at the Centre & a resource-rich campaign. Its problem is fashioning a state-level Hindutva-nativist narrative Without invoking Bal Thackeray\u2019s name, there is no Hindutva in Maharashtra. And that is exactly where the challenge lies for BJP, which has set its sight on the magic number of 400 seats \u2014 a parliamentary supermajority \u2014 for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Maharashtra is key to its \u2018ab ki baar, 400 paar\u2019 calculus, but the task of improving NDA\u2019s 2019 score is daunting.In 2019, BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won a neat 41 of Maharashtra\u2019s 48 LS seats \u2014 BJP 23, Shiv Sena 18. With Shiv Sena\u2019s split, Maharashtra has become an edge-of-the-seat battle, a crucial state that is a must-sweep for BJP, and not just for the numbers alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[140,137],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBack to Balasaheb | 91探花<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jsgp\/jindal-policy-research-lab\/back-to-balasaheb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Back to Balasaheb | 91探花\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Maharashtra, BJP\u2019s pluses are its two terms at the Centre & a resource-rich campaign. 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