Chatterbox: BJP's surging confidence in Maharashtra

BJP is confident that it can form a govt on its own if a mid-term Assembly election is announced

Never has the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) been so confident or so ready to face elections as it is in Maharashtra. The thinking in the top leadership is to disregard the taunts and pressures of alliance partner Shiv Sena and make no effort to bend before it or to appear to be the supplicant in any way. This is amply demonstrated by the actions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. When a minister went to Mumbai and called on Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, he was rebuked by the PM and asked why he went there. The BJP is confident that