Cornered BJP to face major bypoll challenge in Maharashtra next month

Maharashtra is the first major state where the anti-BJP forces have grown by the day. MNS chief Raj Thackeray had recently called for a 'Modi-mukt Bharat'

The BJP is facing a major bypoll test in Maharashtra next month, and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will have to show that he is no Yogi Adityanath and is undaunted by the anti-saffron forces, including the supposed ally Shiv Sena, joining ranks.

The bypolls to the Gondia-Bhandara and Palghar Lok Sabha seats are being held at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah are trying to wrest power from the Congress in Karnataka amid stiff resistance from a feisty Siddaramaiah, the state’s chief minister.

Maharashtra is no ordinary state. It has the highest number of Lok Sabha