Is Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra on the verge of an imminent collapse?

With the rift widening between the members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha MP and senior Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut on Monday reassured that Uddhav Thackeray will proceed to stay the chief minister of Maharashtra.
In an uncharacteristically placatory tone, Raut on Monday mentioned, “Shiv Sena, Congress & NCP stand united, committed to run govt for 5 yrs. Outsiders who want to form govt & are restless after losing power may try, but govt will continue. Attempts may be made to create cracks b/w Congress, NCP & Shiv Sena but it won’t work.”
Shiv Sena, Congress & NCP stand united, dedicated to run govt for five yrs. Outsiders who need to kind govt & are stressed after dropping energy could attempt, however govt will proceed. Attempts could also be made to create cracks b/w Congress, NCP &Shiv Sena nevertheless it gained’t work: Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena pic.twitter.com/vRLWnpW0Os— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) June 21, 2021
Raut’s appeasing remarks alleging that Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress are united is available in sharp distinction to the belligerence exhibited by him and chief minister Uddhav Thackeray after state Congress chief Nana Patole final week mentioned Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance shouldn’t be a everlasting fixture and reaffirmed his social gathering’s want of going solo sooner or later polls.
“We have already announced that we will go solo in all the forthcoming local body elections, likely to be held from November, and assembly polls thereafter. We do not want to keep our allies in the dark and ditch them ahead of the polls. We are preparing to go solo, and they are free to do so. Congress would be the single largest party in the 2024 assembly polls,” Patole had mentioned.
CM Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut mock Congress after it expresses its want of combating solo in upcoming polls
Patole’s rebuttal elicited sharp responses from the Shiv Sena leaders, most notably chief minister Uddhav Thackeray himself, who took a dig at ally Congress saying that individuals would “beat with footwear” those that solely discuss contesting elections alone with out providing options to individuals’s issues.
“If a party says that it wants to contest elections on its own without joining hands with others, it should first generate confidence among the public of its ability to provide jobs,” the Chief Minister had mentioned.
Sanjay Raut additionally took a swipe on the Congress social gathering, saying that Shiv Sena was at all times prepared for an electoral battle at any given time. In a thinly veiled jibe aimed on the Congress social gathering, Raut mentioned events should first emerge out of their confusion after which resolve whether or not or not to contest polls alone.
“Some political parties in Maharashtra are speaking of fighting polls on their own. That is their lookout. But let there be no confusion on this count. One leader [State Congress chief Nana Patole] of that party says that it will fight on its own, while other leaders of that party say the opposite. So, such parties must first come out of their own confusion and then talk about how to fight the election,” Raut mentioned.
In a scathing editorial printed on its mouthpiece Saamana, Shiv Sena advised Congress to evaluate its personal energy earlier than speaking of combating by itself within the upcoming polls.
Shiv Sena chief Pratap Sarnaik suggests social gathering to snap tied with NCP and Congress, and be a part of arms with PM Modi
The furore solely intensified when the embattled Shiv sena chief Pratap Sarnaik advised the social gathering to reconcile with PM Modi “before it’s too late” and snap their with the NCP and Congress.
In a letter addressed to CM Uddhav Thackeray on June 10, Sarnaik urged him to align with the BJP, saying that the Congress and NCP, that are constituents within the Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities, had been weakening the social gathering by fomenting divisions in its ranks and likewise identified that civic polls are due in lots of cities, together with Mumbai, in coming months. 
“It is better to join hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi again as Shiv Sainiks feel that it would save the Sena leaders like me, Anil Parab and Ravindra Waikar from problems caused by the Central agencies,” he mentioned.
The ever-widening rift throughout the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition recommend their dream run is about to finish
With the Sarnaik suggesting that Shiv Sena ought to re-establish their ties with the BJP, Raut needed to tamp down his political brinkmanship and alter his tunes to accommodate the Congress social gathering. Days in the past, Sanjay Raut mocked the Congress social gathering in mouthpiece Saamana, asking it to estimate its energy earlier than declaring to go solo within the upcoming polls, the Rajya Sabha MP struck a pacifying tone on Monday when he instructed reporters that Shiv Sena had a wonderful rapport with the Congress social gathering and that they’d full their 5 years of rule with Uddhav Thackeray because the chief minister of Maharashtra.
Clearly, the dramatic shift in Raut’s stance denotes that every thing shouldn’t be hunky-dory because the Sena chief needs the world to understand. Behind the veneer of normalcy, as alleged by Raut, an intense tussle is underway among the many coalition companions, and such volte-faces solely goes to indicate that the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities in Maharashtra could be on a precarious terrain, nearly on the verge of an inevitable break up. It shall be attention-grabbing to see how lengthy it takes for the storied alliance that was cast for the categorical objective of conserving the BJP at bay in Maharashtra to implode within the instances to return.