Did you vote this time? If so, then, you must be asking yourself, why? Three weeks after the poll results, there is no government in sight despite the voters giving a clear-cut verdict that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance stayed in the government. Meanwhile, the Congress and NCP pact, a much bigger alliance than 2014, kept the rulers examined and punished for wrongdoings. The turn of events since October 24 is in complete contrast of the verdict given by the BJP-Sena supporters, who must be cursing themselves for going out to vote.

The Sena broke away from the BJP because it blocked Uddhav Thackeray's undying quest for the CM's post. BJP didn't relent even when Thackeray showed no sign of rapprochement. With a sole purpose of keeping the BJP away, the Sena president went closer to the anti-BJP parties, which have the numbers that can boost the Sena's dream. Parleys are being held to keep the unexpected tri-party arrangement — some call it unholy axis — afloat for governing the state in future. Let's see if it happens, sooner or later, or else the state continues to be governed by the President before another election to the Assembly is held.