The Dahi Handi, celebrated at a massive scale on Friday after two years, witnessed an aggressive political tug of war. Having returned to power in collaboration with rebel Eknath Shinde, the BJP snatched Sena’s Dahi Handi bastion in Worli, but Aaditya Thackeray wished to “keep politics away and just celebrate”. The chief minister, however, used the Dahi Handi grounds to make jibes  at his predecessor and pride at the rebellion that brought down the Uddhav government. 

CM Eknath Shinde at Anand Dighe Dahi Handi, in Thane. Pic/Satej Shinde