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One thing that can be said with certainty about politics is that neither are there ‘all-weather’ friends nor enmity is kept forever. Perhaps this was the reason why in his Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, where Uddhav Thackeray was cursing the BJP in his fervent address on October 5, sources reveal that on the occasion of Navratri, Uddhav’s wife Rashmi Thackeray and Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have held a meeting at a well known Mumbai based businessman’s residence. If sources are to be believed, Fadnavis is constantly trying to make a deal between the BJP and Uddhav’s Shiv Sena once again in Maharashtra. It is said that this Navratri party was organized by the businessman’s wife, since Uddhav’s wife Rashmi Thackeray is one of her integral friends, so an invitation had already been sent to her. Inviting Devendra Fadnavis to the event, the business family had told him that ‘Rashmi is also going to come.’ And this meeting of Rashmi Thackeray and Devendra Fadnavis lasted for one and a half hours. According to sources, Fadnavis told Rashmi that ‘if your Shiv Sena gives up its claim for the post of CM, then we can come together again. You can also get the benefit of this in BMC elections.” Fadnavis further said that ‘Aditya Thackeray will be given full respect in this alliance, but we should avoid personal attacks on each other’. It is said that Rashmi asked Fadnavis if his plans had the support of the central leadership and if it happens, what will you do with Eknath Shinde?’ To this Fadnavis said, “Shinde is our problem. Leave him to us. He has MLAs which you don’t have.” Rashmi has promised Fadnavis that she will speak to Uddhav about this and a promise has also been made to meet again, that is, the doors of new possibilities have been opened.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is taking the 2024 general election a little too seriously and it is likely that in the 2024 general elections, Nitish’s JDU will contest from 17 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar while 17 seats will be given to RJD and the remaining 6 seats for Congress and Left. So, Sanjay Jha, a very close friend of Nitish, has advised him that ‘JDU should contest more elections on 15 Kurmi dominated seats outside Bihar. JDU is also going to field candidates in Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Gujarat. If sources are to be believed, Sanjay Jha reached Lucknow as Nitish’s special envoy and urged SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav to ‘organize meetings for Nitish in Kurmi-dominated districts like Basti, Shravasti, Sitapur, Mirzapur and Bareilly.’ Akhilesh listened to Jha and said, “Give time to think, I will respond.” When Akhilesh’s call did not come for a long time, then Tejashwi called Akhilesh at Nitish’s behest and asked him his opinion about this. He said that “when my party is not entering Bihar, why do you want to come to UP?” Tejashwi sensed what Akhilesh said. Mamta Banerjee also had similar views about this. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said after much hesitation that ‘he can give up one of his seats for Nitish as per the agreement.’ Madhy Prdesh’s Rewa is also a Kurmi dominated seat from where Buddsen Patel came for the first time by winning the election in 1996. But UP is slipping out of Nitish’s hands, where after Bihar, there is a 9 percent Kurmi population. Sanjay Jha also hopes that he will convince Akhilesh for this today or tomorrow.

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What really transpired during the meeting between Sonia Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot when the political whirlwind hit Rajasthan Congress few days back. Highly placed sources in the grand old party have revealed that KC Venugopal had accompanied Ashok Gehlot to meet Sonia but as soon as Sonia entered the room where the talks were to happen, the party matriarch signaled Venugopal to vacate the room. She then spoke bluntly with Gehlot and, according to sources, an emotional Sonia asked Gehlot an important question and said, “I always trusted only two people blindly, one was Ahmed Patel and the other is you. But I was disappointed by the developments in Rajasthan.” Gehlot also presented his explanation on Sonia’s question and said, “Madam, your people have made a mistake. Ajay Maken was in a hurry. I was ready to leave the post of CM even before contesting for the post of President, but your people had already started pressurizing the MLAs’ that they have to choose their new leader now or at least convey their sentiments to the high command. I tried to meet Maken and make him understand but he did not even consider it necessary to meet me. Whereas Ajay Maken spoke to Sachin Pilot at least ten times that day. So shouldnt I even defend myself, mam?” On this, Sonia replied to Gehlot and said, “Congress will have to do ‘face saving’ and ‘damage control’ in Rajasthan.” In such a situation, it was decided between the two leaders that after the election of Congress President, Central Observers will be sent from Delhi to Rajasthan who will talk to the MLAs there in a group of 5 legislators each. Any decision on the new leadership will be taken only when they explore their mind.

Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee is apparently trying to become the new head of the opposition unit, but her own house seems to have been marred with strife. Take the example of Goa, the champion land of defection, from where Luizinho Faleiro, came to TMC just before the Goa elections, did not even contest the assembly elections, and went straight to the Rajya Sabha. Now it is being said that Mama is angry with him these days. Flerio, a former Goa CM, has won seven assembly elections, despite this Mamata did not give him a place in the TMC’s Goa core committee. Mamata is probably aware that these days, Faleiro is giving saffron color to his dreams, so in the Presidential and Vice Presidential elections, he supported the NDA and towed a line other than TMC. His votes were in support of Draupadi Murmu and Jagdeep Dhankhar. Now Didi has got information that Faleiro may go to the BJP’s court very soon. Sources reveal that a major reason for this is the fact that the Faleiro family has a large and luxurious resort in the coastal area, which still falls under the legal definition of illegal, the government can bring it under the legal definition if it wants, but this process is extremely complex and lengthy and legalizing it can take up to three years. Not even six months have passed since the BJP government was formed in Goa and 8 Congress MLAs have already shifted to the BJP. There is a huge void in the name of the opposition, so Faleiro is being cautious and does not want to take any kind of risk.