All is well at the top for the BJP cruise, but losing Maharashtra will continue to upset the ruling party. BJP couldn't keep the most important state when Shiv Sena outperformed the election ally in arithmetic and emerged hero for fragmented anti-BJP parties giving them hope that if it isn't possible for them to camp together in one tent before elections, they can at least cobble up numbers to keep the BJP away from power after results.

But if the parties think that the Mumbai-like arithmetic should sail them through without any hiccups, then, they should keep watching the Maharashtra experiment that hasn't stopped its reaction process. The chemistry in a classroom lab, which is buzzing with students sharing different backgrounds, doesn't seem to be giving the three-element equation a formula that can ensure lasting stability. This has given BJP a ray of hope that the Sena-led government may go sooner or later and it has started working on a plan very ferociously. Maharashtra's khichdi sarkar has parties that don't share much with each other on ideological front. And yet they came together because they wanted power anyhow. Congress entered the pact on a condition that the Sena gives up a saffron garb. A negotiator in this, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) isn't very aggressive in pursuing the idea of being Congress-like ideological staunch. The Sena, however, has softened the Hindutva for the sake of keeping the Congress attached with the formation in the state. Will it be able to do that forever?