With BJP’s Saurav Joshi winning the Chandigarh mayoral election after Congress and AAP failed to coordinate, the outcome looked less like a tight contest and more like an opposition collapse. As Congress went solo, AAP fought alone, and numbers quietly tilted BJP’s way, was this victory earned through strategy or gifted through disunity ? And does Chandigarh now offer a preview of how fractured opposition politics could keep handing urban wins to the BJP ?
कांग्रेस और आम आदमी पार्टी के बीच तालमेल की कमी के बाद चंडीगढ़ मेयर चुनाव में बीजेपी के सौरव जोशी की जीत किसी कड़े मुकाबले से ज़्यादा विपक्ष के बिखराव की कहानी लगी। कांग्रेस अलग लड़ी, "आप" अलग, और गिनती चुपचाप बीजेपी के पक्ष में चली गई। तो क्या यह जीत बीजेपी की रणनीति का नतीजा थी या विपक्ष के आपसी खींचतान का तोहफ़ा ? और क्या चंडीगढ़ यह संकेत देता है कि बंटी हुई विपक्षी राजनीति आगे भी शहरी सीटें बीजेपी को सौंपती रहेगी ?
Ajit Pawar’s sudden death in a plane crash has ended a political journey built on ambition and hard choices. His move to join the BJP in 2023 changed Maharashtra politics, weakened Sharad Pawar, and strengthened the Mahayuti. Yet, even after joining, he was never fully trusted by BJP workers on the ground. While the central leadership valued his experience and control over administration, unease remained within the party. With his sudden exit, does the BJP lose a skilled power player it depended on or does his absence quietly settle a partnership that never felt natural ?
