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THE ASSEMBLY ELECTION POLLS TO THE TWO STATES OF INDIA MAHARASHTRA AND JHARKHAND WENT IN FAVOUR OF BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY LED NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT MAHAYUTI IN MAHARASHTRA AND CHIEF MINISTER HEMANT SOREN "S JMM JHARKHAND MUKTI MORCHA [JMM] CONGRESSS COMBINE  THE INDIA FRONT REGAINED JHARKAND.IT WAS A LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR MAHAYUTI AGAINST OPPOSITION COALITION MAHA VIKAS AGHADI AND THE VERDICT WAS IN FAVOUR OF INCUMBENT SHIVSENA-BJP-NCP ALLIANCE LED BY SHIVSENA LEADER AND CHIEF MINISTER EKNATH SHINDE. THE WELFARE SCHEMES LIKE LADKI  BAHIN  UNDER WHICH ELDERLY WOMEN WERE GIVEN A MONTHLY PENSION OF 1500/ IS SAID TO BE THE REASON THAT LED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED MANDATE IN FAVOUR OF MAHAYUTI ALLIANCE WHICH ALSO UNDERLINES THE END OF AN ERA IN DYNASTIC POLITICS OF UDDHAV THACKERAY [UBT] FACTION OF SHIVSENA SINCE THE SUPREMO BAL THACKERAY. THE BJP LED COALITION WILL FORM THE GOVERNEMNT IN FEW DAYS TO CONTINUE THE WELFARE MEASURES OF MAHAYUTI IN MAHARASHTRA.THE DOUBLE ENGINE SARKAR AT BOTH STATE AND CENTER WILL HELP THE PROGRESS OF STATE IN A PHASED MANNER.THIS VICTORY IS HISTORIC FOR BJP SINCE IT WON WITH THE BREAKAWAY FACTION OF SHIVSENA AND AJIT PAWAR FACTION OF NCP NATIONALIST CONGRESS PARTY ALONGWITH OTHERS WILL STRENGTHEN THE PARTY AT THE HELM. THE RECENT LOKSABHA ELECTIONS RESULTS WERE AGAINST THE INCUMBENT GOVERNMENT OF BOTH MAHARASHTRA AND JHARKHAND WHEN WE CAN SEE THE VOTING PATTERN THAT VARY ACCORDING TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUES FACED BY PEOPLE REGIONWISE AND NATIONWISE AND NOT NECCESSARILY GIVE THE SAME VERDICT. THIS FACTOR MAKES OUR ELECTIONS DIFFERENT AND THE NEED FOR DECENTRALISATION WHERE PEOPLE GET THE BENEFITS OF THE MEASURES ENVISIONED BY THE CENTER.I HAD A VIVID MEMORY OF MY FIRST VISIT TO MUMBAI CITY IN MY ADOLESCENCE AND NOW THAT MEMORY GOT REFRESHED WITH MY RECENT VISIT TO THE CITY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE THIS YEAR MY THIRD VISIT. THE VIBRANCY OF THE CITY WAS PALPABLE WITH THE SIGHT OF ITS PEOPLE RUSH TO THEIR DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY BY BUS AND BY OCAL TRAIN SINCE ITS THE MOST AFFORBALE MEANS OF TRANSPORT AND THE CITY IS WELL CONNECTED WITH ITS SUBURBANS BY RAIL AND BY ROAD. I HAD USED THE LOCAL TRAIN SERVICE AND THE BEST BUS SERVICE TO MOVE IN AND AROUND THE CITY.THE NAVI MUMBAI AND JUHU BEACH IS YET TO BE SEEN.THE NARIMAN POINT WHERE THE PEOPLE THRONG IN THE EVENINGS IS A POPULAR HANGOUT OF THE CITY AND I MADE SURE I REACH HERE AGAIN DURING MY CURRENT VISIT.THE EPONYMOUS WANKHEDE CRICET STADIUM IS NEARBY NARIMAN POINT WHERE THE SWEARING-IN-CEREMONY OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT TAKE PALCE IN FEW DAYS FROM NOW.