BJP-NCP: Secret Deal ? By Deepak Parvatiyar November 17, 2014 One man’s loss is another man’s gain! The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has gained as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) antagonised the Shiv Sena over the issue of share in the government. Discredited and doomed before the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the NCP grabbed its chances and catapulted itself into the position of kingmaker in the state with some smart decisions such as severing all ties with the Congress before the state elections and thereafter, lending unconditional support to the BJP that fell short of majority in the state and was being arm-twisted by a demanding Sena. NCP: From Marginal Player to Kingmaker From being completely written off, the NCP has rather scripted a great comeback on the Maharashtra political scene under Sharad Pawar. Consider how the NCP had been outrightly dismissed in the pre-poll surveys by the pollsters. There was no succour post-election either. The party perfo
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