The 2014 Lok Sabha elections proved that the well-accepted belief that this is an era of coalition politics and the days of single party rule was over wrong.

But, BJP’s 282-seat haul in 2014 has made not just the UPA, but also the NDA allies nervous. The current developments in Maharashtra politics cannot thus be seen in isolation with the four major political parties in the state -- Congress, NCP, BJP and Shiv Sena – taking on each other in the assembly elections.