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rashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan party’s youth wing, Aaditya, has no rival
is the son of former chief minister Critics say that at within until his younger brother Tejas
Shankarrao Chavan and has MLA wife joins politics.
Amita. In North Maharashtra, senior BJP the current juncture,
leader Eknath Khadse’s daughter-in-law there is no Modi wave Prospects for BJP+ Shiv Sena
Raksha is an MP. NCP leader Chhagan The ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance both in
Bhujbal and his nephew Sameer and and the sentiment is the State and at the Centre is confronted
son Pankaj call the shots in Nashik. BJP against the BJP due with anti-incumbency wave in the wake
leader Vijay Gavit has political control of unemployment, agrarian crisis and
over Nandurbar district and his daughter to agrarian distress, Dalit unrest. The demolition of the press
Heena, is an MP. of Babasaheb Ambedkar and the riots in
Thackerays’ are best known as the rising unemployment, Bhima Koregaon are only a few among
‘first political family’ of Mumbai. Shiv Dalit unrest and other such cases that led Dalits hit the streets,
Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s decision to protesting against not only these cases
make son Uddhav, and not nephew Raj, issues contributing but also against the casteist politics of the
the political heir, led the latter forming to anti-incumbency ruling BJP.
his own outfit, Maharashtra Navnirman Undoubtedly, the BJP-Shiv Sena alli-
Sena, in 2006. Uddhav’s son and head of factor against NDA ance is pulling out all stops to eliminate

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