When the Music Stops | Power Play by Anand Mishra
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When the Music Stops | Power Play by Anand Mishra

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 29, 2024 17:58 IST - 4 MINS READ Dear readers, In Maharashtra’s political theatre, power rarely comes with permanence—a lesson Eknath Shinde is learning as he exits the stage he dramatically claimed just two and a half years ago. When Shinde hinted at making “the supreme sacrifice” just days after pitching himself as Maharashtra’s Chief Minister and reminding the BJP of the “Bihar model”, few were surprised. Before the results, some BJP leaders had suggested Shinde could remain Chief Minister, citing Bihar, where Janata Dal leader Nitish Kumar had held the top post despite the BJP having more seats. Bihar’s Rabri Devi, perhaps the most successful “accidental” Chief Minister, served three terms—a tenure few could have predicted. His earlier stint had ended when Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena broke ties with the BJP and formed an unusual alliance with its traditional rivals, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, to become Chief Minister.

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