Maharashtra is today the hotbed where all parties concerned stand exposed . The BJP was expecting an absolute majority in Maharashtra so thought Shiv Sena was dispensable if the numbers supported them and this was evident in the pronouncements before the results . The numbers didn’t support them and Shiv Sena sensed that this was the time to get back. So they asked for the impossible. They insisted that the CM post , knowing that BJP was desperate for their support . Devendra Phadnavis would have felt betrayed so resigned from this dirty game but BJP at the centre was still at it .
Meanwhile, the most distant poles Shiv Sena and Congress with the help of NCP masterminded by Sharad Pawar came together . However reluctant Sonia Gandhi might have been the lure was too attractive to avoid an inconvenient marriage . But the speed of execution was so slow and the hard bargaining among all three parties was so intense that every wanted their piece of flesh in an opportunistic relationship. Shiv Sena stood exposed but unfair demand of CM post and in search of that position they aligned without thinking of the consequences after being exposed in public . This bargaining took time that was unprecedented and President’s Rule was imposed . While intense parlays were on BJP was working overtime to use all their weapons in hand to coax , cajole or blackmail the weak links in the opposition and this was not impossible seeing the opportunistic nature of all concerned .
Sharad Pawar meeting the Prime Minister at a time when when their posturing with Shiv Sena was at its peak . Knowing Sharad Pawar and his abilities and his past acts it became suspicious that probably there were chances of a two timing possible . So the weak links were targeted by BJP central leadership and in a nightlong operation a majority was forged and in an operation from dusk to dawn , the climax was the Governor swearing in Devendra Phadnavis as the CM and Ajit Pawar as the Dy CM . This act showed that BJP too was hungry for power . Finally after the SC intervention and the preponement of the floor test , Devendra Phadnavis and Ajit Pawar has to step down for lack of numbers .
The moral of the story is that public or voters are the lowest priority for power hungry politicians. In the view of the public, all parties stand exposed. Maharashtra leads the country in political opportunism too.
