How cash transfers and communal politics propelled Mahayuti’s landslide win in Maharashtra
What began as a neck-and-neck battle turned into a one-sided affair in Maharashtra’s high-stakes Assembly election. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance [which also includes the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and other smaller parties) won or were leading in 231 seats out of 288 (at the time of writing), while the opposition alliance managed […]