BJP up against diminishing magnetism, patchy finances in Maharashtra polls

Problem of rising stalled projects shoved under the carpet, revenue deficit re-emerges due to welfare schemes. However, the state has tackled joblessness better and kept debt servicing under check

In 2015, Devendra Fadnavis, the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister Maharashtra has seen, awed everyone in the state by announcing that Foxconn, a leading electronics contract manufacturing company from Taiwan known for producing iPhones, will set up a plant in the state. In 2018, the state government launched a campaign with the name "Magnetic Maharashtra", where the state was personified as a magnet that pulls investments.

In 2019, the project is nowhere to be seen. Instead, the industries minister told the press to “get over it” in 2018, hinting that the chances that it will see the light of