- Wednesday, April 24, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
POLITICAL drama in India is not new. History is replete with instances where coalition governments failed to complete their full term, be it at the national or state level. There has been an instance in the past when a national government fell after losing a no-confidence motion by a solitary vote.
Currently, a similar drama has unfolded in Maharashtra, one of India’s most developed states. The coalition MVA (Maharashtra Development Front) government led by the right-wing Shiv Sena has found itself in deep trouble after many of its lawmakers have revolted against the party’s leadership, leaving prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) waiting for an apt opportunity to take the plunge.
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While such instances are not uncommon in Indian politics, the social media is never bored.
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Twitter has come up with some hilarious takes on the snowballing crisis in Maharashtra and here are some of them listed:
Actor-activist Swara Bhaskar asked why Indians vote at all in the first place. She suggested that instead of holding elections, the country can have ‘bumper sale’ (of legislators) every five years.
What an unrelenting s**tshow! Hum vote detey hi kyun Hain.. Elections ki jagah ‘Bumper Sale’ lagaa doh har 5 saal.. #MaharashtraPoliticalTurmoil
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) June 22, 2022
Author and columnist Anand Ranganathan said in a sarcastic Twitter post, “The police commissioner is on the run. The skill development minister is on the run. The home minister is on the run. The MLAs are on the run. Stop mocking Uddhav Thackeray. What more proof do you want that the Maharashtra govt is running?”
The police commissioner is on the run. The skill development minister is on the run. The home minister is on the run. The MLAs are on the run.
Stop mocking Uddhav Thackeray. What more proof do you want that the Maharashtra govt is running?
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) June 22, 2022
Uddhav Thackeray Vs Devendra Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/xRVun0RAwA
— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) June 22, 2022
BJP Shiv Sena and NCP playing big game meanwhile Congress: #MaharashtraPoliticalCrisis #Eknath_Shinde #SanjayRaut pic.twitter.com/lazQ1IyCB1
— Krishna (@Krishna55371428) June 22, 2022
News anchors talking about #MaharashtraPoliticalCrisis pic.twitter.com/cDem1WqkPY
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) June 22, 2022
#UddhavThackarey and #SanjayRaut of #Shivsena do it with the intention of doing #MahaVikasAghadi with #MaharashtraPoliticalCrisis, But Hindutva #EknathShinde gave a befitting reply to Aditya by keeping 42 MLAs with him.
Even God will not forgive #RheaChakraborty pic.twitter.com/5Cl1P6jA2W— sima (@TaslimaSK1) June 23, 2022
