In the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Maharashtra was a big contributor to the seat tally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance at the Centre.
With 48 Lok Sabha MPs, Maharashtra is the second largest state in terms of political representation in India. On paper, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) now has a coalition with two largest regional parties in the state, namely, the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Yet politics in the state seems far from settled and the churn continues. What explains this uncertainty?
