What Were the Reasons Behind Congress’ Loss in Maharashtra?

How did the Shiv Sena- BJP alliance manage to wipe out the Congress from Maharashtra?

Shiv Sena- BJP alliance win big in Maharashtra.

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According to the trends, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has not only taken a comfortable lead in Maharashtra, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, but have also managed to completely wipe out the Congress from a state that was considered its stronghold.

Be it national security, Hindutva or development - the combination of these three factors fielded by the alliance has managed to completely decimate the Congress party. The latter has won only one seat in Maharashtra.

So what are the main reasons behind the Congress’ loss in Maharashtra? Our correspondent Rounak Kukde analyses the factors that have led to such a poll result.