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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: Decoding the Maharashtra poll verdict: What changed between June and November 2024?
Description: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) won 30 out of the 48 seats, while the Maha Yuti could get only 17 seats. But in the just concluded Assembly elections, the Maha Yuti won a landslide, with 235 out of the 288 seats. The Maha Yuti alliance’s main constituent, the BJP alone won 132 seats, with the other two, the (Ajit Pawar-led) NCP and the (Eknath Shinde-led) Shiv Sena garnering 41 and 57 seats respectively.None of the MVA parties could win enough seats to even qualify for the position of leader of the Opposition – the first time this has...