CINXE.COM
Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 | Sunil Tatkare: ‘Maratha Reservation Issue Will Not Impact This Time’ - Frontline
<!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/NewsArticle"><head><title> Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 | Sunil Tatkare: ‘Maratha Reservation Issue Will Not Impact This Time’ - Frontline </title><meta charset="utf-8"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><meta name="title" content="Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 | Sunil Tatkare: ‘Maratha Reservation Issue Will Not Impact This Time’" /><meta name="description" content="Despite challenges, NCP's Maharashtra unit chief and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare predicts the Mahayuti's electoral success in Maharashtra. In a wide-ranging interview, he highlights key government initiatives and shifting political narratives in Maharashtra’s electoral landscape while dismissing concerns about the Maratha reservation issue and industrial exodus. He also expresses confidence in the BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena alliance securing an “absolute majority” through improved vote transfer between alliance partners and strategic regional consolidation." /><meta name="publish-date" content="2024-11-05T16:27:06+05:30"/><meta name="created-date" content="2024-11-05T16:27:06+05:30"/><meta name="modified-date" content="2024-11-06T15:08:45+05:30" /><meta property="article:published_time" content="2024-11-05T10:57:06.000Z"/><meta property="article:modified_time" content="2024-11-06T09:38:45Z"/><meta name="cXenseParse:articleid" content="68831802"/><meta name="cXenseParse:thg-articleid" content="68831802"/><meta name="cXenseParse:thg-articletype" content="storyline"/><meta property="al:android:url" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" /><meta property="article:section" content="Politics"/><meta property="article:tag" content="Sunil Tatkare"/><meta property="article:tag" content="sunil tatkare interview"/><meta property="article:tag" content="Maharashtra Assembly election 2024"/><meta property="article:tag" content="2024 maharashtra election"/><meta property="article:tag" content="maharashtra polls"/><meta property="article:tag" content="Nationalist Congress Party NCP"/><meta property="article:tag" content="Sharad Pawar vs Ajit Pawar"/><meta property="article:tag" content="baramati battle"/><meta property="article:tag" content="Mahayuti"/><meta property="article:tag" content="BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance"/><meta property="article:tag" content="Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana"/><meta property="article:tag" content="Maratha reservation issue"/><meta property="article:tag" content="Manoj Jarange-Patil"/><meta property="article:author" content="Amey Tirodkar "/><meta name="twitter:creator" content="Amey Tirodkar "><meta name="keywords" content="Sunil Tatkare,sunil tatkare interview,Maharashtra Assembly election 2024,2024 maharashtra election,maharashtra polls,Nationalist Congress Party NCP,Sharad Pawar vs Ajit Pawar,baramati battle,Mahayuti,BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance,Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana,Maratha reservation issue,Manoj Jarange-Patil"/><meta name="news_keywords" content="Sunil Tatkare,sunil tatkare interview,Maharashtra Assembly election 2024,2024 maharashtra election,maharashtra polls,Nationalist Congress Party NCP,Sharad Pawar vs Ajit Pawar,baramati battle,Mahayuti,BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance,Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana,Maratha reservation issue,Manoj Jarange-Patil"/><meta name="robots" content="index, follow"/><meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:large"><meta name="atdlayout" content="articlepage" /><meta name="twitter:title" content="Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 | Sunil Tatkare: ‘Maratha Reservation Issue Will Not Impact This Time’"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Despite challenges, NCP's Maharashtra unit chief and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare predicts the Mahayuti's electoral success in Maharashtra. In a wide-ranging interview, he highlights key government initiatives and shifting political narratives in Maharashtra’s electoral landscape while dismissing concerns about the Maratha reservation issue and industrial exodus. He also expresses confidence in the BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena alliance securing an “absolute majority” through improved vote transfer between alliance partners and strategic regional consolidation."><meta name="twitter:image" content="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/sunil%20tatkare.jpg"><meta name="cXenseParse:title" content="I would say ‘absolute majority’ for the Mahayuti: Sunil Tatkare" /><meta name="cXenseParse:description" content="Four months after the Lok Sabha defeat, the Maharashtra NCP chief sees the political tide turning through welfare schemes and development push."/><meta property="og:title" content="Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 | Sunil Tatkare: ‘Maratha Reservation Issue Will Not Impact This Time’" /><meta property="og:description" content="Despite challenges, NCP's Maharashtra unit chief and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare predicts the Mahayuti's electoral success in Maharashtra. In a wide-ranging interview, he highlights key government initiatives and shifting political narratives in Maharashtra’s electoral landscape while dismissing concerns about the Maratha reservation issue and industrial exodus. He also expresses confidence in the BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena alliance securing an “absolute majority” through improved vote transfer between alliance partners and strategic regional consolidation." /><meta property="og:image" content="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/sunil%20tatkare.jpg" /><meta property="og:url" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" /><meta property="al:android:url" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" /><meta property="og:type" content="article" /><meta name="ahrefs-site-verification" content="6df5b97abf2ea60f2d4123265496b92b4faa009ceff5444e0b8482ebddd508d6" /><meta name="google-site-verification" content="WY1FmWvKRVS0orKhLIaom7dbGrniILc-sHUaRmeR6cs" /><meta name="msvalidate:01" content="A0ACE607D11E08C87CE9AEB4F809133F" /><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /><meta name="twitter:domain" content="frontline.in" /><meta name="twitter:site" content="@frontline_india" /><meta property="fb:app_id" content="304083423879211" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Frontline" /><link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/favicon.ico" /><link rel="icon" type="image/ico" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/favicon.ico" /><link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/apple-touch-icon.png" /><link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png" /><link rel="canonical" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" /><link rel="amphtml" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece/amp/"><link href="https://assets.fewcents.co/" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://assets.fewcents.co/" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://images.fewcents.co/" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://images.fewcents.co/" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://www.googletagmanager.com" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://www.googletagmanager.com" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://cdn.tinypass.com" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://cdn.tinypass.com" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://cdn.cxense.com" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://cdn.cxense.com" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://experience.tinypass.com" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://experience.tinypass.com" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://consent.trustarc.com" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://consent.trustarc.com" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://buy.tinypass.com" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://buy.tinypass.com" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://trustarc.mgr.consensu.org" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://trustarc.mgr.consensu.org" rel="preconnect"><link href="https://connect.facebook.net" rel="dns-prefetch"><link href="https://connect.facebook.net" rel="preconnect"><link rel="preload" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png"><script> var dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push({ 'pageDetails' : { 'pageType' : 'article' , 'headline' : 'I would say ‘absolute majority’ for the Mahayuti: Sunil Tatkare' , 'articleId' : '68831802' , 'articleType' : 'free', 'authorName' : 'Amey Tirodkar ' , 'publishDate' : '2024-11-05' , 'publishTime' : '16:27' , 'hoursSincePublished' : '1842', 'contentCategory' : 'politics','featureType' : 'storyline Commentary' , 'articleTags' : '' // when available } }); </script><script> var dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; tp = window["tp"] || []; tp.push(["init", function () { if (tp.user.isUserValid()) { dataLayer.push({ 'data' : { 'email': tp.pianoId.getUser().email, 'uid': tp.pianoId.getUser().uid, 'platform': thgpiplatform() } }); } }]); </script><link rel="preload" as="style" onload="this.onload=null;this.rel='stylesheet'" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito+Sans:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800&display=swap&family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;600;700;800;900&display=swap&family=Faustina:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800&display=swap" crossorigin="anonymous"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito+Sans:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800&display=swap&family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;600;700;800;900&display=swap&family=Faustina:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800&display=swap" crossorigin="anonymous"><style> @charset "UTF-8"; @font-face { font-family: "Publico Extra Bold Italic"; src: url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-BlackItalic-Web.woff2") format("woff2"), url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-BlackItalic-Web.woff") format("woff"); font-weight: 800; font-style: italic; font-stretch: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Publico Extra Bold"; src: url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-Black-Web.woff2") format("woff2"), url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-Black-Web.woff") format("woff"); font-weight: 800; font-style: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Publico Bold Italic"; src: url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-BoldItalic-Web.woff2") format("woff2"), url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-BoldItalic-Web.woff") format("woff"); font-weight: 600; font-style: italic; font-stretch: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Publico Bold"; src: url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-Bold-Web.woff2" ) format("woff2"), url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-Bold-Web.woff") format("woff"); font-weight: 600; font-style: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Publico Italic"; src: url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-Italic-Web.woff2") format("woff2"), url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-Italic-Web.woff") format("woff"); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-stretch: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Publico"; src: url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-Roman-Web.woff2") format("woff2"), url("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/fonts/PublicoBanner-Roman-Web.woff") format("woff"); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-display: swap; } </style><link rel="preload" as="style" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/fl-online/bootstrap.min.css?ver=1737011853" as="style"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/fl-online/bootstrap.min.css?ver=1737011853" /><link rel="preload" type="text/css" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/fl-online.min.css?ver=1737011895" as="style"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/fl-online.min.css?ver=1737011895" as="style"/><link rel="preload" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/fl-online/print.min.css?ver=1737011916" media="none" onload="if(media!='print')media='print'"><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/fl-online/print.min.css?ver=1737011916" media="none" onload="if(media!='print')media='print'"><noscript><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/fl-online/print.min.css?ver=1737011916" media="print"></noscript><link rel="preload" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/js/require.min.js?ver=1737011805" as="script"><script src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/js/require.min.js?ver=1737011805" data-cfasync="false" ></script><script data-cfasync="false"> require.config({ // Local Directory baseUrl: "https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/js", // Script Locations paths: { "jquery": "3.4.1/jquery.min", "bootstrap":"fl-online/bootstrap.bundle.min", "swiper": "fl-online/swiper.min", "jplayer": "fl-online/jquery.jplayer.min", "jplayerlist": "fl-online/jplayer.playlist.min", "bootstrap-datepicker": "fl-online/bootstrap-datepicker.min", "owlCarousel":"fl-online/owl.carousel.min", "ua-parser": "ua-parser.min", "custom":"https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/js/fl-online/custom.js?ver=1737011805", "jquery-ui" : "jquery-ui-1.13.2.min" }, shim: { 'swiper': ['jquery'], 'bootstrap': ['jquery'], 'jplayerlist': ['jquery','jplayer'] }, waitSeconds:0 }); </script><script data-cfasync="false"> require(['jquery','bootstrap','custom']); </script><script type="text/javascript"> (function(w,d,s,r,k,h,m){ if(w.performance && w.performance.timing && w.performance.navigation) { w[r] = w[r] || function(){(w[r].q = w[r].q || []).push(arguments)}; (w[r].q = w[r].q || []).push(['trackConsoleEvents',true]); (w[r].q = w[r].q || []).push(['addBreadCrumbs',"setTimeoutFunction"]); tp = window["tp"] || []; tp.push(["init", function () { if (tp.user.isUserValid()) { (w[r].q = w[r].q || []).push(['userId',tp.pianoId.getUser().email]); } }]); h=d.createElement('script');h.async=true;h.setAttribute('src',s+k); d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(h); (m = window.onerror),(window.onerror = function (b, c, d, f, g) { m && m(b, c, d, f, g),g || (g = new Error(b)),(w[r].q = w[r].q || []).push(["captureException",g]);}) } })(window,document,'//static.site24x7rum.in/beacon/site24x7rum-min.js?appKey=','s247r','53c4badd3a20139b36f250cd54fc9004'); </script><script data-cfasync="false"> if(!(window.fetch&&window.Promise&&[].includes&&Object.assign&&window.Map)){ document.write('<script src="https://cdn.polyfill.io/v2/polyfill.min.js?features=default,fetch"></scr'+'ipt>'); } </script><script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false"> !function(){const e=()=>{const e="__tcfapiLocator",t=[],n=window;let o,s,a=n;for(;a;){try{if(a.frames[e]){o=a;break}}catch(c){}if(a===n.top)break;a=a.parent}o||(!function t(){const o=n.document,s=!!n.frames[e];if(!s)if(o.body){const t=o.createElement("iframe");t.style.cssText="display:none",t.name=e,o.body.appendChild(t)}else setTimeout(t,5);return!s}(),n.__tcfapi=function(...e){if(!e.length)return t;"setGdprApplies"===e[0]?e.length>3&&2===parseInt(e[1],10)&&"boolean"==typeof e[3]&&(s=e[3],"function"==typeof e[2]&&e[2]("set",!0)):"ping"===e[0]?"function"==typeof e[2]&&e[2]({gdprApplies:s,cmpLoaded:!1,cmpStatus:"stub"}):t.push(e)},n.addEventListener("message",(function(e){const t="string"==typeof e.data;let n={};if(t)try{n=JSON.parse(e.data)}catch(c){}else n=e.data;const o="object"==typeof n&&null!==n?n.__tcfapiCall:null;o&&window.__tcfapi(o.command,o.version,(function(n,s){let a={__tcfapiReturn:{returnValue:n,success:s,callId:o.callId}};e&&e.source&&e.source.postMessage&&e.source.postMessage(t?JSON.stringify(a):a,"*")}),o.parameter)}),!1))};"undefined"!=typeof module?module.exports=e:e()}(); </script><script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false"> var thgCookieConsent = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { let script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = "https://consent.truste.com/notice?domain=thehindugroup.com&c=teconsent>m=1&pcookie&js=nj¬iceType=bb&privacypolicylink=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindugroup.com%2Fprivacy.html"; script.async = true; script.onload = function(){ resolve(script); } script.onerror =function(){ resolve(script); } document.head.append(script); }); </script><script type = "text/javascript" data-cfasync = "false" > function appURL(){ return "https://frontline.thehindu.com/"; } function pageType(){ return "art"; } function pageTypeName(){return "Article"; } var DevIdf = { isMobile: false, isTablet: false, isDesktop: false, isMobileAndroid: false, isMobileIos: false, isLargeDesktop: false }; var ClientdeviceType = { "xlarge": "(min-width: 1600px)", "large": "(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1599px)", "small": "(max-width: 767px)", "medium": "(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" }; var userAgent = navigator.userAgent || navigator.vendor || window.opera; function isDeviceEnabled(DeviceValue) {if (DeviceValue == "large" && (DevIdf.isDesktop || DevIdf.isLargeDesktop)) { return true; }else if (DeviceValue == "medium" && DevIdf.isTablet) { return true; } else if (DeviceValue == "small" && DevIdf.isMobile) { return true; } else if (DeviceValue == "twa" && (DevIdf.isMobileAndroid || DevIdf.isMobileIos)) { return true; } else if (DeviceValue == "all") { return true; } return false; } for (var type in ClientdeviceType) { if (window.matchMedia(ClientdeviceType[type]).matches) { switch (type) { case "xlarge": DevIdf.isLargeDesktop = true; break; case "large": DevIdf.isDesktop = true; break; case "medium": DevIdf.isTablet = true; break; case "small": DevIdf.isMobile = true; if( userAgent.match( /iPad/i ) || userAgent.match( /iPhone/i ) || userAgent.match( /iPod/i ) ){ DevIdf.isMobileIos = true; }else{ DevIdf.isMobileAndroid = true; } break; } break; } } function loadScript(url) { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = url; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.appendChild(s); } function loadCSS(url) { var link = document.createElement('link'); link.rel = 'stylesheet'; link.href = url; link.type = 'text/css'; var el = document.getElementsByTagName('link')[0]; el.parentNode.insertBefore(link, el); } function getUrlParameter( name, url ) { if (!url) url = location.href; name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]"); var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)"; var regex = new RegExp(regexS,"i"); var results = regex.exec( url ); return results == null ? null : results[1]; } function createCookie(name,value,days) { if (days) { var date = new Date(); date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000)); var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString(); } else var expires = ""; document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/"; } function eraseCookie(name) { createCookie(name,"",-1); } function readCookie(name) { var nameEQ = name + "="; var ca = document.cookie.split(';'); for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) { var c = ca[i]; while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length); if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); } return null; } function deleteCookie(name) { createCookiewithdomain(name,null,-1); } function createCookiewithdomain(name,value,days) { if (days) { var date = new Date(); date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000)); var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString(); } else var expires = ""; document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; domain="+document.location.host.match(/\.[.\w]*/)+";path=/"; } function getStorage(name){ if(typeof(Storage) !== "undefined" && 'localStorage' in window && window.localStorage !== null) { if (localStorage.getItem(name)){ cookieObj = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(name)); if (cookieObj !== undefined && (cookieObj.e == null || cookieObj.e > new Date())){return cookieObj.v === undefined ? null : cookieObj.v ; } else{localStorage.removeItem(name);} } return null; } else {return readCookie(name);} } function setStorage(name,value,days){ if(typeof(Storage) !== "undefined" && 'localStorage' in window && window.localStorage !== null) { var date = new Date(); localStorage.setItem(name,JSON.stringify({"v":value, "e":date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000))})) } else {createCookie(name,value,days);} } function eraseStorage(name){ if(typeof(Storage) !== "undefined" && 'localStorage' in window && window.localStorage !== null) {localStorage.removeItem(name);} else{eraseCookie(name)} } var isNonSubcribed = true;function isNonSubcribedUser(){return isNonSubcribed;} var myUserStatus = "anon";function UserCurrentStatus(){return myUserStatus;}var imageSizes = [80, 100, 115, 140, 155 ,170, 215, 230, 240, 300, 320, 355,385, 435, 460, 480,560, 615, 660, 730, 810, 960, 1080, 1140, 1200];function imglazyload(selector){ var lazyImages = []; if(typeof selector !== 'undefined' && selector){ lazyImages = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(selector +" img.lazy")); } else{ lazyImages = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("img.lazy")) } if ("IntersectionObserver" in window) { let lazyImageObserver = new IntersectionObserver(function(entries, observer) { entries.forEach(function(entry) { if (entry.isIntersecting) { let lazyImage = entry.target lazyImageloader(lazyImage); lazyImageObserver.unobserve(lazyImage); } }); }); lazyImages.forEach(function(lazyImage) { lazyImageObserver.observe(lazyImage); }); } else { lazyImages.forEach(function(lazyImage) { lazyImageloader(lazyImage); }); } window.__thgimgloaded = true; } function lazyImageloader(lazyImage){ let variant = lazyImage.dataset.deviceVariant; let imagesrc = lazyImage.dataset.srcTemplate; if(typeof imagesrc !="undefined" && imagesrc != ""){ if(typeof variant !="undefined" && variant != ""){ let position = 0; if(DevIdf.isDesktop){ position = 1; } else if(DevIdf.isTablet){ position = 2; } else if(DevIdf.isMobile){ position = 3; } variant = variant.split("~")[position]; var selected = Math.max.apply(null, imageSizes); for (var i = 0; i < imageSizes.length; i++) { if (lazyImage.offsetWidth <= imageSizes[i]) { selected = imageSizes[i]; break; } } var alterRegEx = new RegExp("alternates\/[a-z0-9_]*", "ig"); imagesrc = imagesrc.replace(alterRegEx,"alternates/"+variant + "_" + selected); lazyImage.src = imagesrc; } else{ lazyImage.src = imagesrc; } } lazyImage.classList.remove("lazy"); }var promiseResolve, promiseReject;userIdentify = new Promise(function(resolve, reject){promiseResolve = resolve;promiseReject = reject;});var thg={required:!0,functional:!1,advertising:!1,requiredCookie:function(){return thg.required},functionalCookie:function(){return thg.functional},advertisingCookie:function(){return thg.advertising}};thgCookieConsent.then(function(){var constentbehavior=readCookie("notice_behavior"),cookieconsent=readCookie("cmapi_cookie_privacy");null==cookieconsent&&null!=constentbehavior&&-1==constentbehavior.indexOf("eu")?(thg.functional=!0,thg.advertising=!0):null!==cookieconsent?(cookieconsent.indexOf("permit")>-1&&cookieconsent.indexOf("2")>-1&&(thg.functional=!0),cookieconsent.indexOf("permit")>-1&&cookieconsent.indexOf("3")>-1&&(thg.advertising=!0)):null==constentbehavior&&(thg.functional=!0,thg.advertising=!0);}); </script><script data-cfasync="false"> var _paq = window._paq || []; var _thg_config = window["_thg_config"] || {}; window._thg_config.ufenpoint = "https://uf.thehindu.com/"; window._thg_config.ufsiteId= "fl" </script><script data-cfasync="false"> document.cookie = "__adblocker=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT; path=/"; var setNptTechAdblockerCookie = function(adblocker) { var d = new Date(); d.setTime(d.getTime() + 60 * 5 * 1000); document.cookie = "__adblocker=" + (adblocker ? "true" : "false") + "; expires=" + d.toUTCString() + "; path=/"; }; var script = document.createElement("script"); script.setAttribute("async", true); script.setAttribute("src", "//www.npttech.com/advertising.js"); script.setAttribute("onerror", "setNptTechAdblockerCookie(true);"); document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script); </script><script data-cfasync="false">(function(src) { var a = document.createElement("script"); a.type = "text/javascript"; a.async = true; a.src = src; var b = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; b.parentNode.insertBefore(a, b) })("https://experience.tinypass.com/xbuilder/experience/load?aid=7JJs2o4rpu"); tp = window["tp"] || [];tp.push(["setContentCreated", "2024-11-05T16:27:06+0530"]); tp.push(["setContentAuthor", "Amey Tirodkar "]); tp.push(["setContentSection", "Politics"]); tp.push(["setTags", ["storyline"]]); tp.push(["setContentIsNative", false]); tp.push(["setZone", (DevIdf.isMobile === true ? 'MobileWeb' : 'Web')]);</script><script data-cfasync="false"> function createElementScript(element, className, id = null, styles = {}) { var el = document.createElement(element); el.className = className; for (var key in styles) { el.style[key] = styles[key]; } if (id != null) { el.id = id; } return el; } function insertElementbegin(selector,insertelement){ selector.insertAdjacentElement('afterbegin',insertelement) } function insertElementEnd(selector,insertelement){ selector.insertAdjacentElement('afterend',insertelement) } </script><script> var dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; </script><script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-N24644H'); </script><script type="text/javascript">var _comscore = _comscore || [];thgCookieConsent.then(function() {if(thg.functionalCookie()){const options={enableFirstPartyCookie: true};if(readCookie("notice_behavior") == 'none'){options.bypassUserConsentRequirementFor1PCookie = true;}_comscore.push({ c1: "2", c2: "11398210",options: options}); (function() { var s = document.createElement("script"), el = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.async = true;s.src="https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/cs/11398210/beacon.js"; el.parentNode.insertBefore(s, el); })();}});</script><noscript><img src="https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=11398210&cs_ucfr=1&cv=4.4.0&cj=1"> /></noscript><style> .article-section .comments-shares p, .article-section .comments-shares a { display: block; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-transform: uppercase; position: relative; text-decoration: none; } .container.article-section .author-name .by { display: none; } /* removed spoltlight in article page */ .article-top-center-align .label.environment{display:none;} /*package article issue */ @media screen and (max-width: 570px){ .row.mobile-row-element.element-inside-article .packageType h3.title.big { margin-left: 115px !important; } .article-section .hide-mobile { visibility: visible; height: unset !important; max-height: unset !important; } } @media(max-width:767px){ .gsiOverlay{ z-index: 9999 !important;} } @media screen and (max-width: 767px) { .oTO-Text-points { display: none; } } .light-box.show-info .info span.coral-count.text {display: none;} </style></head><body class="base-font bg-white politics"><meta itemprop="headline" content="Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 | Sunil Tatkare: ‘Maratha Reservation Issue Will Not Impact This Time’"/><meta itemprop="description" content="Despite challenges, NCP's Maharashtra unit chief and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare predicts the Mahayuti's electoral success in Maharashtra. In a wide-ranging interview, he highlights key government initiatives and shifting political narratives in Maharashtra’s electoral landscape while dismissing concerns about the Maratha reservation issue and industrial exodus. He also expresses confidence in the BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena alliance securing an “absolute majority” through improved vote transfer between alliance partners and strategic regional consolidation."/><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2024-11-05T16:27:06+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2024-11-06T15:08:45+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece"/><meta itemprop="keywords" content="Sunil Tatkare,sunil tatkare interview,Maharashtra Assembly election 2024,2024 maharashtra election,maharashtra polls,Nationalist Congress Party NCP,Sharad Pawar vs Ajit Pawar,baramati battle,Mahayuti,BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance,Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana,Maratha reservation issue,Manoj Jarange-Patil"/><meta itemprop="articleSection" content="Politics"/><span itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"/><meta content="Amey Tirodkar " itemprop="name"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/"/></span><span itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="image"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/sunil%20tatkare.jpg"/><meta content="1200" itemprop="width"/><meta content="675" itemprop="height"/></span><span itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="publisher"/><span itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="logo"/><meta content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/fl-logo-amp-new.png" itemprop="url"/><meta content="600" itemprop="width"/><meta content="60" itemprop="height"/></span><meta content="Frontline" itemprop="name"/><meta content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/" itemprop="url"/></span><span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/WebPage"/><meta content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" itemprop="url"/></span><meta itemprop="isAccessibleForFree" content="false" /><div itemprop="isPartOf" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork http://schema.org/Product"><meta itemprop="name" content="Frontline" /><meta itemprop="productID" content="frontline.thehindu.com:showcase" /></div><span itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="Frontline"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/"/><meta itemprop="logo" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/fl-logo-amp-new.png"/><span itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/PostalAddress"><meta itemprop="streetAddress" content="Kasturi Building, Anna Salai, 859-860, Mount Road"/><meta itemprop="addressLocality" content="Chennai"/><meta itemprop="addressRegion" content="Tamil Nadu"/><meta itemprop="postalCode" content="600002"/><meta itemprop="Telephone" content="+91-44-2857 6300"/></span><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/frontline"/><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/frontline_india"/><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.instagram.com/frontline.magazine/"/><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxdhSIVMreBHJTQlVdg9lA"/></span><span itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization"><meta itemprop="name" content="Frontline"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/"/><meta itemprop="logo" content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/fl-logo-amp-new.png"/><span itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="logo"/><meta content="https://frontline.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/fl-logo-amp-new.png" itemprop="url"/><meta content="278" itemprop="width"/><meta content="49" itemprop="height"/></span><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.facebook.com/frontline"/><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/frontline_india"/><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.instagram.com/frontline.magazine/"/><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxdhSIVMreBHJTQlVdg9lA"/></span><noscript><iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-N24644H" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript><header class="header logout on-scroll article-menu " ><div class="container"><div class="menu-part"><div class="logo"><a href="/"><a href="/"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/frontline-logo.svg" alt="Return to frontpage" width="100%" height="100%"></a><div class="slogan">Leading the Debate <span>Since 1984</span></div></a></div><div class="open-in-app menuuserdetect no-freetrial" style = "display:none;"><button type="button" class="btn open-app-btn"><a href =""> Open in the Frontline app </a></button></div> <div class="mobile-short-link"> <ul class="menu-list"> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/packages/?utm_source=header" target="_self">Packages</a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/podcast/?utm_source=header" target="_self">Audio</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="nav-line"><div class="overlay-gradient"></div> <ul class="menu-list"> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/packages/?utm_source=header" target="_self">Packages</a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/podcast/?utm_source=header" target="_self">Audio</a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/current-issue/" target="_self">Current Issue</a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/" target="_self">The Nation</a> </li> <li class="active"> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/" target="_self">Politics</a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/" target="_self">Columns</a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/magazine/?utm_source=header" target="_self">Archives</a> </li> </ul> </div><div class="btns-part"><a class="red-link header-buttons" href="/newsletter-subscription/">Newsletters</a><div class="menuuserdetect" style="display: none"><button type="button" class="btn basic-btn login header-buttons thgsignin">Login</button><a href="/myaccount/" class="accountdec"><button type="button" class="btn basic-btn account header-buttons"> Account </button></a><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/online-subscription/?utm_source=frontline_website&utm_medium=Subscribe_button"><button class="btn basic-btn subscribe header-buttons">Subscribe</button></a></div></div><div class="search-hammer"><a href="/search/"><button class="btn search-btn">Go to Search<img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/search-gray-icon.svg" alt="search-icon"/></button></a><button class="btn menu-icon"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/menu-hamber-icon.svg" alt="hamberIcon"></button></div></div></div><div class="dropdown"><div class="drop-header"><div class="container"><div class="logo"><a href="/"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/frontline-thumb.svg" alt="Frontline logo"/></a></div><div class="btns-part"><button type="button" class="btn basic-btn login header-buttons thgsignin">Login</button><a href="/myaccount/" class="accountdec"><button type="button" class="btn basic-btn account header-buttons"> Account </button></a><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/online-subscription/?utm_source=frontline_website&utm_medium=Subscribe_button"><button class="btn basic-btn subscribe header-buttons">Subscribe</button></a></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="dropdown-content"><div class="mobile-search"><a href="/search/"><button class="btn search-btn header-search-button"> Go to Search<img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/search-gray-icon.svg" alt="Search"></button></a></div> <div class="col"> <div class="list-title">Sections</div> <ul class="sub-menu-list hamburger-sections"> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/" > News </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/" > The Nation </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/" > Politics </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/" > Economy </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/" > Arts & Culture </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/social-issues/" > Social Issues </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-technology/" > Science & Technology </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/" > Environment </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/" > Books </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/public-health/" > Health </a> </li> <li class="no-border " > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/" > World Affairs </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="list-title">Features</div> <ul class="sub-menu-list hamburger-sections"> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/travel/" > Travel </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/letters/" > Letters </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/data-card/" > Data Stories </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/" > Columns </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/" > Interviews </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/photo-essay/" > Photo Essay </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/packages/?utm_source=header" > Packages </a> </li> <li class="" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/videos/?utm_source=header" > Video </a> </li> <li class="no-border " > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/podcast/?utm_source=header" > Audio </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="list-title">Essentials</div> <ul class="sub-menu-list hamburger-sections"> <li class=""> <a class="mobile-red-font" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/newsletter-subscription/" > Newsletter Sign-up </a> </li> <li class="no-border "> <a class="mobile-red-font" href="http://www.thehindugroup.in/subscribe/frontline/" > Print Subscription </a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/online-subscription/" > Digital Subscription </a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/sitemap/" > Sitemap </a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/rssfeeds/" > RSS feeds </a> </li> <li class="no-border "> <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/archive/" > Digital Exclusive Stories </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col print-edition"><div class="list-title">Print Edition</div><div class="book"><div class="book-img"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/nslksy/article69095788.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_615/FL%20Cover_3Feb2024.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/nslksy/article69095788.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_615/FL%20Cover_3Feb2024.jpg" alt="" data-device-variant= "FREE~FREE~FREE~FREE" class="media-object adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div><div class="book-links"><a href="/current-issue/">Current Issue</a><a href="/magazine/">Past Issues </a></div></div></div><ul class="social-icons"><li class="text">CONNECT WITH US</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/frontlineindia/" title="Facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/footer-icon-fb.svg" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy"></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/frontline_india" title="Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/footer-icon-tw.svg" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/frontline.magazine/" title="Instagram" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/footer-icon-insta.svg" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxdhSIVMreBHJTQlVdg9lA" title="Youtube" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/footer-icon-youtube.svg" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy"></a></li><li><a href="https://t.me/FrontlineIndia" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/telegram-icon.svg" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy" alt="Telegram" title="Telegram"></a></li></ul></div></div></div></header><div class="header-end"></div><script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false"> require(['jquery'], function($) {fetch(`https://frontline.thehindu.com/getapplink?ref=${encodeURIComponent("https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece")}`).then((response) => { if(response.ok) { return response.json(); } }).then((res) => { if (DevIdf.isMobile){ $('.open-in-app .open-app-btn a').attr('href', res.shortLink); }else{ $('.open-in-app .open-app-btn a').attr('href', '/app/mobile-app/?utm_source=desktop&utm_medium=open_in_app'); } }); }); </script><script> require(['jquery'], function($) { var offset1 = $(".header-end").outerHeight(); var offset2 = $(".header").outerHeight(); var offset3 = $(".header").offset().top; var prevScrollpos = window.pageYOffset; $(".article-menu").css("transform", "translateY(0px)"); var prevScrollpos = window.pageYOffset; $(window).scroll(function() { if ($(this).scrollTop() > offset2) { var currentScrollPos = window.pageYOffset; if (prevScrollpos > currentScrollPos) { $(".article-menu").css("transform", "translateY(0px)"); } else { $(".article-menu").css("transform", "translateY(-110px)"); } prevScrollpos = currentScrollPos; } }); }); tp = window["tp"] || []; tp.push(['init', function () { tp.pianoId.init({ loggedIn: function (data) { thgloggedIn(data) }, loggedOut: function () { location.reload(); } }); } ]); function thgloggedIn(data) { if(document.getElementsByTagName("header").length > 0) { document.getElementsByTagName("header")[0].classList.remove("logout"); document.getElementsByTagName("header")[0].classList.add("login"); } } function thgLogout() { typeof __thg_event != "undefined" ? __thg_event.triggerLogOut(tp.pianoId.getUser()): null; tp.push(["init", function () { tp = window.tp || []; tp.pianoId.logout() location.reload(); }]); } userIdentify.then(function() { var list = document.querySelectorAll(".menuuserdetect"); for (var i = 0; i < list.length; ++i) { list[i].style.display = "block" ; } }); </script><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/FLRX/article.min.css?ver=1737011943"/><section class="mt-4"><div class="container article-section"><div class="row"><nav aria-label="breadcrumb"><ol class="breadcrumb" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"><li class="breadcrumb-item " itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/" itemtype="https://schema.org/Thing" itemprop="item"> Home </a><meta itemprop="name" content="Home"><meta itemprop="position" content="1"></li><li class="breadcrumb-item active" itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/" itemtype="https://schema.org/Thing" itemprop="item"> Politics </a><meta itemprop="name" content="Politics"><meta itemprop="position" content="2"></li><li class="breadcrumb-item kicker" aria-current="page"><a class="kicker-outline">FRONTLINE EXCLUSIVE</a></li></ol></nav><div class="col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 storyline" data-id="68831802" data-url="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" data-title="I would say ‘absolute majority’ for the Mahayuti: Sunil Tatkare"><a class="package-link" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-package-leaders-shiv-sena-ubt-mahayuti-bjp-congress-eknath-shinde/article68848459.ece"><img class="lazy patch-icon" data-src-template="https://frontline.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/folder-icon.svg" src="https://frontline.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png"> The Package | Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: The talking heads </a><h1 itemprop="name" class="title"> I would say ‘absolute majority’ for the Mahayuti: Sunil Tatkare </h1><h3 class="sub-title">Four months after the Lok Sabha defeat, the Maharashtra NCP chief sees the political tide turning through welfare schemes and development push.</h3><p class="publish-time"> Published : Nov 05, 2024 16:27 IST - 8 MINS READ </p><div class="author"><div class="aut-img author-img"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class=" lnk"><img alt="Amey Tirodkar " src="https://frontline.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/sla9mo/article66919900.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Amey%20Tirodkar.jfif" class="lazy" ></a></div><div class="author-name "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class="person-name lnk">Amey Tirodkar </a></div></div><div class="comments-shares share-page"><div class="left"><p class="comments comments-article" data-ga-label="comments"> COMMents <span class="coral-count text" data-coral-url="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" data-coral-id="68831802" data-coral-notext="true"></span></p></div><div class="right" data-title="I would say ‘absolute majority’ for the Mahayuti: Sunil Tatkare" data-url="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece"><p class="share share-text share-button"><span class="text"> SHARE </span></p><ul class="share-list" style="display: none;"><li class="copy-link" onclick="copytext('https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece');"> Copy link </li><li class="email"><a href="mailto:?&subject=Subject line: Frontline - I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare&body=Mail%20content:%0D%0A%0D%0ACheck%20out%20this%20article%20from%20Frontline%20Magazine%20-%20Article%20%0D%0ATitle:%20I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0A%0D%0ADescription:%20Four%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.%0D%0A%0D%0ARead%20here%20->%20https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Demail%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share" target="_self"> Email </a></li><li class="facebook" onclick="openShareLink('https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&t=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> Facebook </li><li class="twitter" onclick="openShareLink('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&text=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> Twitter </li><li class="telegram" onclick="openShareLink('https://t.me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dtelegram%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&text=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> Telegram </li><li class="in" onclick="openShareLink('https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dlinkedin%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&title=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> LinkedIn </li><li class="whatsapp" onclick="openShareLink('https://api.whatsapp.com//send?text=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dwhatsapp%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> WhatsApp </li><li class="reddit" onclick="openShareLink('https://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dreddit%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&title=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> Reddit </li></ul><p class="read-later" data-articleId="68831802" style="display:none"><span class="text">READ LATER</span><span class="delete-tool-tip" style="display: none;"><a class="cancel" onclick="window.location.href='https://frontline.thehindu.com/myaccount/?tab=bookmarks'">SEE ALL</a><a class="delete bookmarkdelete">Remove</a></span></p></div></div><div class="article-picture top-pic lead-img-verticle"><div class="picture "><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style="display: none;"><![endif]--><source media="(min-width: 1600px)" sizes="960px" srcset="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/sunil%20tatkare.jpg" /><source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)" sizes="640px" srcset="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/sunil%20tatkare.jpg" /><source media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)" sizes="400px" srcset="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/sunil%20tatkare.jpg" /><source media="(max-width: 320px)" sizes="320px" srcset="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/sunil%20tatkare.jpg" /><!--[if IE 9]></video><![endif]--><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" alt="Nationalist Congress Party’s Maharashtra unit president and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare in Mumbai on June 10, 2024." title="Nationalist Congress Party’s Maharashtra unit president and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare in Mumbai on June 10, 2024." data-original="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" class="lead-img" fetchpriority="high"/></picture></div><p class="caption"> Nationalist Congress Party’s Maharashtra unit president and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare in Mumbai on June 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI </p></div><div id="content-body-68831802" class="articlebodycontent col-xl-9 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12" itemprop="articleBody"><p>In a wide-ranging interview with <i>Frontline</i>, Sunil Tatkare, the Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Maharashtra unit chief and a close confidant of Deputy Chief Minister and party leader Ajit Pawar, forecasts a dramatic reversal of his alliance’s fortunes in the <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-vote-november-20-shiv-sena-ncp-caste-bjp-congress-politics/article68735638.ece" target="_blank" >upcoming Assembly election</a>. Despite the Mahayuti’s (as the National Democratic Alliance is known in Maharashtra) disappointing performance in the recent <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/election-2024/maharashtra-lok-sabha-election-2024-sharad-pawar-uddhav-balasaheb-thackeray-pm-modi-maha-vikas-aghadi/article68262094.ece" target="_blank" >Lok Sabha election</a>, where the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance secured only 17 seats compared to the rival Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) 31, Tatkare argues that key government initiatives and shifting political narratives have transformed Maharashtra’s electoral landscape.</p><p>The veteran politician, who defected from Sharad Pawar’s camp, dismisses concerns about <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/kunbi-caste-obc-reservation-maharashtra-bjp-controversy-lok-sabha-elections/article68197039.ece" target="_blank" >Maratha reservations</a> and industrial exodus while expressing confidence in securing an “absolute majority” through improved vote transfer between alliance partners and strategic regional consolidation. His optimism, however, will soon be tested as Maharashtra prepares for a crucial electoral battle that pits former allies against each other, most notably in Baramati’s high-stakes “Pawar versus Pawar” contest. Excerpts:</p><div class="article-interview"><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> How do you view Maharashtra’s current political situation? Your alliance, <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/mahayuti-alliance-nda-strategy-lok-sabha-assembly-polls-farmer-subsidies-maratha-reservation-bjp-mva-opposition/article68772435.ece" target="_blank" >the Mahayuti</a>, won only 17 seats in the Lok Sabha election, while the MVA secured 31 seats. What has changed in these four months?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> The situation has changed drastically, and I say this with conviction. During the parliamentary election, several factors worked against the NDA in Maharashtra. However, since then, various initiatives have transformed the State’s political atmosphere: the <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-assembly-election-ladki-bahin-yojana-cash-transfer-scheme-women-voters-mahayuti-ubi/article68685305.ece" target="_blank" >Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana</a>, infrastructure projects, agricultural programmes, electricity subsidies for farmers, and other policy decisions. I’m confident we’ll retain power in Maharashtra. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> You are confident about retaining power, but what about the Maratha reservation issue? Earlier, there was talk about Maratha leader Manoj Jarange-Patil withdrawing from the election. How do you assess the situation, particularly in your party’s strongholds of Western Maharashtra and Marathwada?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> I prefer not to comment specifically on the <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maratha-quota-political-upheaval-maharashtra/article67516293.ece" target="_blank" >Maratha reservation issue</a> or Mr Manoj Jarange-Patil’s political stance. However, I can say that the overall situation has improved significantly across all regions—Vidarbha, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, North Maharashtra, Konkan, and Mumbai—compared to the parliamentary election. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> So you do not expect the Maratha issue to have as severe an impact on the Assembly election as it did in the parliamentary election?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> That’s correct. Many developments have occurred since the parliamentary election. In Assembly elections, voters consider both party alignment and each MLA’s development work in their constituency. Under Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s leadership, MLAs from all parties—BJP, NCP, and Shiv Sena—have performed exceptionally well in their constituencies. While there might be some anti-incumbency sentiment, development work generally yields positive electoral results. Furthermore, the Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana has garnered support from 60-70 per cent of women across party lines. </p></div><div class="article-video"><div class="lead-video-cont"><div><div id="botr_BBqRoT1l_T05bUdWx_div"></div><div id="botr_BBqRoT1l_lUyqynWW_div"></div></div><script data-cfasync="false"> function getPlayerID(isSubscribed){ if(isSubscribed){ document.querySelector('#botr_BBqRoT1l_T05bUdWx_div').style.display="none"; } else{ document.querySelector('#botr_BBqRoT1l_lUyqynWW_div').style.display="none"; } if(isSubscribed){ return "lUyqynWW"; } return "T05bUdWx"; } userIdentify.then(function() { loadScript("https://media.thehindu.com/players/BBqRoT1l-"+getPlayerID(!isNonSubcribedUser())+".js"); }); </script></div><div class="title"> ‘Absolute Majority for Mahayuti’-Sunil Tatkare Exclusive Interview | Maharashtra Politics 2024 </div><div class="caption">NCP’s Maharashtra chief predicts a major political shift in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. He discusses issues such as Maratha reservations, Mumbai’s growth, farmer welfare, and changing political alliances. | Video Credit: Interview by Amey Tirodkar </div></div><div class="article-interview"><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> You are saying the Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana will be a game-changer?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> Absolutely, it is a game-changer. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> The difference between your alliance and the MVA in the Lok Sabha was just 6,00,000 votes—about 1.5 per cent. You believe this single scheme can overcome that gap?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> The political narrative has shifted significantly. During the parliamentary election, the MVA campaign focussed on “saving the Constitution” nationwide and in Maharashtra. That narrative has now lost its relevance for the State election. Our recent Jan Samman Yatra with Ajit Pawar has received an overwhelming response across Maharashtra. </p><p> I’ve seen this change firsthand—in my own parliamentary constituency, where I won despite unfavourable predictions, the atmosphere is markedly different now. During the parliamentary election, every survey predicted my defeat, yet I won by a margin of 82,000 votes. The political climate has transformed considerably since then. </p></div><p><strong>Also Read | <a class="also-read-mid-article" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/ashish-shelar-interview-bjp-leader-maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-uddhav-thackeray-mva-mahayuti/article68828818.ece">During Uddhav Thackeray’s tenure, many had to leave Mumbai–he needs to answer for that: Ashish Shelar</a></strong></p><div class="article-interview"><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> Let us discuss something that Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar acknowledged: three issues that hurt the Mahayuti during the Lok Sabha election were the prices of cotton, soybean, and onion. Have you successfully addressed these concerns?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> Yes, we’ve definitely addressed these issues. The export ban has been lifted, and <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/agriculture/maharashtra-onion-crisis-farmers-paying-price-misguided-attempt-to-control-inflation-2024-assembly-election/article68519805.ece" target="_blank" >onion prices</a> have improved significantly for farmers. For soybean, the government’s procurement at minimum support prices is underway. In just four months, the situation has changed—farmers are now busy with their agricultural produce and are satisfied with the State government’s decisions, supported by the Central government. The issues that the MVA previously highlighted have largely subsided. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> Turning to another issue: MVA opposition leaders frequently criticise what they call an industrial exodus to Gujarat, claiming major projects are leaving Maharashtra. How do you respond to this criticism?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> This is entirely a false narrative created by the MVA. Statistics show Maharashtra leads in industrial investment, including foreign investment and domestic industrial development. Take the B1 port project—it will be the country’s leading port after JNPT [Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Nhava Sheva near Mumbai], creating over 1,00,000 direct and indirect jobs. The infrastructure projects undertaken by the Mahayuti government have transformed Maharashtra significantly. Like their “Save Constitution” campaign, this is another baseless narrative when the reality shows continued investment and ongoing projects in Maharashtra. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> There is persistent criticism that Mumbai’s importance is being diminished under BJP rule, particularly under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, given their Gujarat background. How do you respond to this, considering Mumbai’s significant 60 seats (36 in Mumbai city and 24 in the suburbs)?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> I completely disagree with that assessment. Look at the infrastructure development in Mumbai over the last two and a half years: the Atal Setu, the Coastal Road, and significant changes across the city. The Metro’s first and second phases, which were stalled during the MVA government, are now operational. How can anyone blame Modi and Shah when the Central government has approved all these projects—the Atal Setu, coastal highway, and Metro? They’ve supported Mumbai’s development. This is just another false narrative. </p></div><div class="article-quote"><p> “I can tell you with confidence that our strike rate will be the highest in Maharashtra. We may be contesting around 55-56 seats, but we’ll make them count.”</p></div><div class="article-interview"><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> Talking about politics: your party split from <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sharad-pawar-narendra-modi-lost-his-balance-realises-not-returning-to-power-exclusive/article68135106.ece" target="_blank" >Sharad Pawar</a>, joined the government, and is now in alliance with others. There was talk of contesting 80 seats, but now you are down to around 55. Do you feel shortchanged in this alliance’s seat-sharing arrangement?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> In any alliance, seat adjustments are natural. In Mahayuti, the BJP has about 115 seats (105 plus 10 through allies), Shinde’s group has 40 plus their allies, and we have 43 seats with some additional arrangements. There were clear limitations on seat distribution. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> So you are comfortable with the reduced number of seats?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> I can tell you with confidence that our strike rate will be the highest in Maharashtra. We may be contesting around 55-56 seats, but we’ll make them count. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> There are concerns about rebels from Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena opposing your candidates. How do you view this situation?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> This affects only one or two constituencies, and some rebels have already withdrawn their candidature. Similar situations exist in both alliances: the MVA has parallel candidates with Sharad Pawar’s and Uddhav Thackeray’s symbols, as well as Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) candidates. These challenges aren’t unique to us. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> During the Lok Sabha election, your alliance faced criticism about vote transfer issues between partners—BJP to NCP, NCP to BJP, and NCP to Shiv Sena. Have you addressed this concern?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> Yes, we’ve worked on this extensively over the last four months. After thorough discussions, we’ve made significant improvements. You’ll see a different picture this time. </p></div><div class=" article-picture"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/usq6jn/article68831986.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/manoj%20jarange%20patil%20maratha%20reservation%20protest.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/usq6jn/article68831986.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/manoj%20jarange%20patil%20maratha%20reservation%20protest.jpg" alt="Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, in Mumbai on October 19, 2023. Tatkare believes that he did not expect the issue to have as severe an impact on the Assembly election as it did in the 2024 parliamentary election." title="Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, in Mumbai on October 19, 2023. Tatkare believes that he did not expect the issue to have as severe an impact on the Assembly election as it did in the 2024 parliamentary election." class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /><p class="caption"> Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, in Mumbai on October 19, 2023. Tatkare believes that he did not expect the issue to have as severe an impact on the Assembly election as it did in the 2024 parliamentary election. | Photo Credit: PTI </p></div><div class="article-interview"><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> You are confident about this for the Assembly election, despite having more rebels?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> Look, I’ll share my personal experience. I succeeded in getting BJP votes, which was previously considered impossible. While I’ve traditionally relied on Shiv Sena votes, I also managed to secure support through Eknath Shinde’s influence—though not 100 per cent. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> The Baramati contest—<a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/baramati-lok-sabha-election-2024-supriya-sule-sunetra-pawar-sharad-pawar-ajit-pawar/article68135628.ece" target="_blank" >Pawar versus Pawar</a>—will be a crucial battle. How do you see it playing out?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> It will be one-sided. People’s sentiments are clear this time. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> What about Pune district?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> We’ll perform better than before. We’re contesting in rural areas, including Bhor, where we had a presence when the NCP was united. We expect to improve upon our 2009 performance in the Pune district. </p></div><p><strong>Also Read | <a class="also-read-mid-article" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-assembly-elections-2024-aaditya-thackeray-mva-jobs-promise-industry-exodus-dharavi-project-shinde-government/article68818268.ece">My focus for the election is jobs: Aaditya Thackeray</a></strong></p><div class="article-interview"><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> Western Maharashtra has traditionally been your party’s stronghold. How do you see its political landscape evolving?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> The situation in Western Maharashtra is very different from the last parliamentary election. Take the example of <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/caste-census-important-shahu-chhatrapati/article68090162.ece" target="_blank" >Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj</a>’s election in Kolhapur. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> Can you elaborate on what happened with Shahu Maharaj? He’s currently the MP.</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> Yes, but consider today’s developments. His daughter-in-law received the official Congress candidature. Look at Satish Patil’s reaction—I’ve known him for 20 years, and I’ve never seen him so disturbed. He wasn’t even informed about the withdrawal of the former Congress official candidate. This shows the internal discord. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> So these political manoeuvres will help you in the election?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> It’s not about manoeuvres—it’s about the situation itself. The Congress is facing internal conflicts in every constituency. While there are some concerns in Baramati, there are other significant developments, like Harshwardhan Patil joining the NCP, and recent changes in Indapur. These shifts are meaningful. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> Out of your [NCP’s] 51 seats, what is your prediction?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> We’ll achieve the highest strike rate in the NCP’s history. </p><p class="question"><span class="icon"></span> Finally, where do you see Mahayuti landing, given you currently have 225 MLAs with a clear majority?</p><p class="answer"><span class="icon"></span> With a clear-cut majority: an absolute majority for the Mahayuti. </p></div><div class="article-standard_piano-inline-2 articleblock-container" id="articleblockcontainer"></div><div class="comments-shares share-page article-bottom" data-artid="68831802" data-title="I would say ‘absolute majority’ for the Mahayuti: Sunil Tatkare" data-url="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" data-leadtext="Four months after the Lok Sabha defeat, the Maharashtra NCP chief sees the political tide turning through welfare schemes and development push."><div class="left"><p class="comments comments-article" data-ga-label="comments"> CONTRIBUTE YOUR COMMENTS <span class="coral-count text" data-coral-url="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" data-coral-id="68831802" data-coral-notext="true"></span></p></div><div class="right"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/newsletter-subscription/?&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=article_footer" class="get-nl"><span class="text">GET OUR NEWSLETTERS</span></a><p class="share share-text share-button"><span class="text">SHARE THIS STORY</span></p><ul class="share-list" style="display: none;"><li class="copy-link" onclick="copytext('https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece');"> Copy link </li><li class="email"><a href="mailto:?&subject=Subject line: Frontline - I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare&body=Mail%20content:%0D%0A%0D%0ACheck%20out%20this%20article%20from%20Frontline%20Magazine%20-%20Article%20%0D%0ATitle:%20I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0A%0D%0ADescription:%20Four%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.%0D%0A%0D%0ARead%20here%20->%20https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Demail%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share" target="_self"> Email </a></li><li class="facebook" onclick="openShareLink('https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&t=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> Facebook </li><li class="twitter" onclick="openShareLink('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&text=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> Twitter </li><li class="telegram" onclick="openShareLink('https://t.me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dtelegram%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&text=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> Telegram </li><li class="in" onclick="openShareLink('https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dlinkedin%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&title=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> LinkedIn </li><li class="whatsapp" onclick="openShareLink('https://api.whatsapp.com//send?text=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dwhatsapp%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> WhatsApp </li><li class="reddit" onclick="openShareLink('https://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontline.thehindu.com%2Fpolitics%2Fsunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation%2Farticle68831802.ece%3Futm_source%3Dreddit%26utm_medium%3Darticle_share&title=I%20would%20say%20%E2%80%98absolute%20majority%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20Mahayuti%3A%20Sunil%20Tatkare%0D%0AFour%20months%20after%20the%20Lok%20Sabha%20defeat%2C%20the%20Maharashtra%20NCP%20chief%20sees%20the%20political%20tide%20turning%20through%20welfare%20schemes%20and%20development%20push.')"> Reddit </li></ul></div></div></div><div class="col-xl-9 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12"><div class="spliter pt-0 mb-0"></div><div class="related-stories"><div class="arrow-image"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/down-arrow-related-stories.svg" alt="down-arrow-image"></div><div class="rl-title"><h2 class="related-stories-title">Stories that help you connect the dots</h2></div><div class="row"><div class=" col-xl-12 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12"><div class="element main-element"><div class="picture" ><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-election-assembly-dalit-votes-muslim-maratha-reservation-maha-vikas-aghadi-bjp-manoj-jarange-patil-jihad/article68827733.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2wjp5z/article68827750.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Maharashtra%20Election.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2wjp5z/article68827750.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Maharashtra%20Election.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="" class="lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></a></div><div class="content"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-election-assembly-dalit-votes-muslim-maratha-reservation-maha-vikas-aghadi-bjp-manoj-jarange-patil-jihad/article68827733.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt">Maharashtra election: How will Muslims and Dalits vote?</a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-election-assembly-dalit-votes-muslim-maratha-reservation-maha-vikas-aghadi-bjp-manoj-jarange-patil-jihad/article68827733.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt">The consolidation of Dalit and Muslim votes gave MVA a huge lead in the Lok Sabha election. But dynamics have shifted ahead of the Assembly election.</a></div><div class="by-line"> Amey Tirodkar </div><div class="date"> November 4, 2024 </div></div></div></div></div><div class="dots show-mobile"><span class="dot"></span><span class="dot"></span><span class="dot"></span><span class="dot active"></span></div><ul class="related-stories-list"><li class="story-item show-mobile"><div class="element "><div class="picture" ><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-election-assembly-dalit-votes-muslim-maratha-reservation-maha-vikas-aghadi-bjp-manoj-jarange-patil-jihad/article68827733.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2wjp5z/article68827750.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Maharashtra%20Election.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2wjp5z/article68827750.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Maharashtra%20Election.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="" class="lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></a></div><div class="content"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-election-assembly-dalit-votes-muslim-maratha-reservation-maha-vikas-aghadi-bjp-manoj-jarange-patil-jihad/article68827733.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt">Maharashtra election: How will Muslims and Dalits vote?</a></h3><div class="by-line"> Amey Tirodkar </div><div class="date"> November 4, 2024 </div></div></div></li><li class="story-item "><div class="element next-element"><div class="picture" ><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-election-mega-infrastructure-projects-nda-narendra-modi-mumbai-metropolitan-region-pune-river-linking-metro/article68806441.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/tz6ys7/article68806465.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Maharashtra%20mega%20projects.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/tz6ys7/article68806465.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Maharashtra%20mega%20projects.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="" class="lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></a></div><div class="content"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-election-mega-infrastructure-projects-nda-narendra-modi-mumbai-metropolitan-region-pune-river-linking-metro/article68806441.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt">Maharashtra election: Will the promise of mega infrastructure projects win NDA votes? </a></h3><div class="by-line"> Amey Tirodkar </div><div class="date"> October 29, 2024 </div></div></div></li><li class="story-item "><div class="element next-element"><div class="picture" ><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/mumbai-land-grab-parcels-adani-group-maharashtra-government-redevelopment-slums/article68621209.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/oq6wf/article68651392.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/80683_13_12_2022_9_20_20_1_DHARAVIREDEVELOPMENTPROJECT011.JPG" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/oq6wf/article68651392.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/80683_13_12_2022_9_20_20_1_DHARAVIREDEVELOPMENTPROJECT011.JPG" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="" class="lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></a></div><div class="content"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/mumbai-land-grab-parcels-adani-group-maharashtra-government-redevelopment-slums/article68621209.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt">The great Mumbai robbery: How prime land is being sold to vested interests on the cheap</a></h3><div class="by-line"> Amey Tirodkar </div><div class="date"> September 18, 2024 </div></div></div></li><li class="story-item "><div class="element next-element"><div class="picture" ><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/shivajis-statue-collapse-maharashtra-narendra-modi-malwan-navy-jaydeep-apte-eknath-shinde-shiv-sena-bjp/article68580275.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/ewsdss/article68580562.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/PTI08_26_2024_000178B.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/ewsdss/article68580562.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/PTI08_26_2024_000178B.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="" class="lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></a></div><div class="content"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/shivajis-statue-collapse-maharashtra-narendra-modi-malwan-navy-jaydeep-apte-eknath-shinde-shiv-sena-bjp/article68580275.ece?utm_source=relatedstories&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=trackRelArt">How the collapse of the Shivaji statue has shaken Maharashtra politics </a></h3><div class="by-line"> Amey Tirodkar </div><div class="date"> August 29, 2024 </div></div></div></li></ul></div><script> requirejs(['jquery', 'owlCarousel'], function ($, owlCarousel) { const storyList = document.querySelector(".related-stories-list"); const storyItems = document.querySelectorAll(".related-stories-list .story-item"); const dotsContainer = document.querySelector(".dots"); function createDots() { dotsContainer.innerHTML = ''; storyItems.forEach(() => { const dot = document.createElement('span'); dot.classList.add('dot'); dotsContainer.appendChild(dot); }); } createDots(); let dots = document.querySelectorAll(".dots .dot"); function isInViewport(element) { const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top >= 0 && rect.left >= 0 && rect.bottom <= (window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight) && rect.right <= (window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth) ); } function activateCorrectDot() { let activeIndex = -1; storyItems.forEach((item, index) => { if (isInViewport(item)) { activeIndex = index; } }); dots.forEach((dot, index) => { if (index === activeIndex) { dot.classList.add("active"); } else { dot.classList.remove("active"); } }); } const observer = new IntersectionObserver( entries => { entries.forEach(entry => { const index = Array.from(storyItems).indexOf(entry.target); dots[index].classList.toggle("active", entry.isIntersecting); }); }, { threshold: 1 } ); storyItems.forEach(item => { observer.observe(item); }); activateCorrectDot(); window.addEventListener("scroll", activateCorrectDot); function addStoryItem() { const newStoryItem = document.createElement('li'); newStoryItem.classList.add('story-item'); newStoryItem.innerHTML = ` <div class="element"><div class="picture"><a href="#_"><img src="https://example.com/new-image.jpg" alt="New Story"></a></div><div class="content"><h3 class="title"><a href="#_">New Story Title</a></h3><div class="by-line">Author Name</div><div class="date">July 17, 2024</div></div></div>`; storyList.appendChild(newStoryItem); createDots(); dots = document.querySelectorAll(".dots .dot"); observer.observe(newStoryItem); } function removeStoryItem() { if (storyItems.length > 0) { storyList.removeChild(storyItems[storyItems.length - 1]); createDots(); dots = document.querySelectorAll(".dots .dot"); } } }); </script><div class="next-article scroll-btn" style="display: none;"><div class="next-article-button button_slide system-hide animate"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/next-article-close-icon.svg" alt="Close" class="icon close-icon"><a id="nextarticle-url" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-election-assembly-dalit-votes-muslim-maratha-reservation-maha-vikas-aghadi-bjp-manoj-jarange-patil-jihad/article68827733.ece?utm_source=article&utm_medium=next_article_button&utm_campaign=next_article_related" target="_blank" class="next-article-link"><span class="button-text">NEXT ARTICLE</span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/next-article-arrow-right.svg" alt="Next" class="icon right-arrow-icon"></a></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> requirejs(['jquery', 'bootstrap', 'custom'], function ($) { $(document).ready(function () { var anchorElement = $('#nextarticle-url'); var currentHref = anchorElement.attr('href'); if (currentHref == '#') { fetch('https://frontline.thehindu.com/s/fl/n', { method: 'GET', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', }, }) .then(response => response.json()) .then(data => { if (data.nextarticleDetails && data.nextarticleDetails.length > 0) { var url = data.nextarticleDetails[0].url; anchorElement.attr('href', url + '?utm_source=article&utm_medium=next_article_button&utm_campaign=next_article_piano'); } }) .catch(err => { console.error("Error fetching next article data:", err); }); } anchorElement.on('click', function() { var dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push({ 'event': 'Next_Article_Click', 'data': { 'click': 'click', 'click_type': 'action', 'general_placement': 'body', 'detailed_placement': '', 'goal_type': 'Next_Article_Click' } }); }); }); }); </script></div></div><div class=" col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 hide-mobile "><div class="d-none d-sm-block d-lg-block"> <div data-ga-label="Current issue Article"> <div class="read-book mb-4"> <div class="book"> <div class="book-img" > <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/current-issue/?utm_source=home_page_current_issue&utm_medium=current_issue_panel" > <img src="/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/a3inbt/article69207385.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/FL%20Cover_3Mar2025.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/a3inbt/article69207385.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/FL%20Cover_3Mar2025.jpg" data-device-variant="FREE~FREE~FREE~FREE" alt="FL Cover_3Mar2025.jpg" title="FL Cover_3Mar2025.jpg" class="lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /> </a> </div> <a class="small-link" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/current-issue/?utm_source=home_page_current_issue&utm_medium=current_issue_panel" > <span class="text">Read the Latest Issue<span class="slider"></span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="element smaller"><div class="label world-affairs"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/president-donald-trump-white-house-india-narendra-modi-us-h1b-visas-china-geopolitics-barack-obama/article69080463.ece">Trump 2.0—The Lede </a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/president-donald-trump-white-house-india-narendra-modi-us-h1b-visas-china-geopolitics-barack-obama/article69080463.ece" title="Updated: January 16, 2025 12:59 IST Published: January 15, 2025 10:44 IST"> India’s strategic agility will define its US ties in Trump’s second act </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Jayant--Prasad-25121/" class="person-name lnk">Jayant Prasad</a></div></div></div><div class="element smaller no-border"><div class=" picture storyline"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/trump-musk-billionaire-politics-global-power/article69084304.ece" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/9c4mfw/article69096357.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/donald%20trump%20us%20president%20second%20term.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/9c4mfw/article69096357.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/donald%20trump%20us%20president%20second%20term.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 26, 2020." title="US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 26, 2020." class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></a></div><div class="label world-affairs"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/trump-musk-billionaire-politics-global-power/article69084304.ece">TRUMP 2.0</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/trump-musk-billionaire-politics-global-power/article69084304.ece" title="Updated: January 17, 2025 13:25 IST Published: January 15, 2025 08:49 IST"> Editor’s Note: Trump’s second coming will reset world’s moral compass </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Vaishna-Roy-16745/" class="person-name lnk">Vaishna Roy</a></div></div></div><a class="small-link small" href="/current-issue/">+ SEE all Stories<span class="slider"></span></a></div><div id="piano-art-top1"></div></div><script> setTimeout(function () { if (DevIdf.isMobile) { latest_news_module_Url = "current-issue/fragment/topstory?count=4&variant=current-issue"; } fetch("https://frontline.thehindu.com/" + latest_news_module_Url).then(function (response) { if (response.ok && (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 400)) { return response.text(); } }).then(function (respone) { if (DevIdf.isMobile) { document.querySelector("#show-mobile").innerHTML = respone; imglazyload(); } }).catch(function (error) {}); }, 2000); </script></div><div class="row"><div class="col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 body-bottom-promo"><div class="col-xl-9 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12"><div id="piano-art-bottom-promo"></div></div></div><div class="col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12"></div></div></div><div id="piano-art-bottom1"></div><script> widgets = []; widgets.push({ widgetParams: { widgetId: '8c95df4a8b0a7af599a2662a4269b096ac7432fe', targetElementId: 'piano-art-bottom1' } }); widgets.push({ widgetParams: { widgetId: '01d30ecee0c1a28ff72bf91eb1f08a0eba90835e', targetElementId: 'piano-art-top1' } }); cX.CCE.callQueue.push(['runMulti', widgets, true]); </script></section><script data-cfasync="false"> function createElementScript(element, className, id = null) { var el = document.createElement(element); el.className = className; if (id != null) { el.id = id; } return el; } function insertElementbegin(selector,insertelement){ selector.insertAdjacentElement('afterbegin',insertelement) } function insertElementEnd(selector,insertelement){ selector.insertAdjacentElement('afterend',insertelement) } var totalPcount = document.querySelectorAll(".articlebodycontent>p") if(totalPcount.length > 1){ insertElementEnd(totalPcount[0],createElementScript("div","","artmeterpv")) } if(totalPcount.length > 8){ insertElementEnd(totalPcount[3],createElementScript("div","","piano-art-mid1")) } </script><footer class="footWrap footborder "><div id="artmeterwrap"></div><div class="container"><div class="row footer-logo"><div class="col-xl-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-12"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/frontline-logo.svg" class="img-fluid mobile-logo" alt="The Hindu frontline Logo" width="100%" height="100%"></a></div><div class="col-xl-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-12"><div class="app-icon"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thehindu.frontline" title="Google Play"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/google-playstore-icon.svg"></a><a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/frontline-magazine/id6447624894" title="Apple Store"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/apple-store-icon.svg"></a></div></div></div><div class="row footer-menu"> <div class="col-xl-2 col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 col-12"> <ul class="footer-list"> <li class="title"> <h5><span class="footer-arrow">Frontline</span></h5> <ul class="footer-sub-list"> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/aboutus/">About us</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/magazine/">Magazine Archives</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/archive/">Digital Exclusive Stories</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/current-issue/">Current Issue</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/sitemap/">Sitemap</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="http://www.thehindugroup.in/subscribe/frontline/">Print Subscription</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/online-subscription/">Digital Subscription</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/rssfeeds/">RSS feeds</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="title mt-4"> <h5 class="no-border"><span class="footer-arrow">Contact us</span></h5> <ul class="footer-sub-list"> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/contacts/">Customer care</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://in.linkedin.com/school/the-hindu/jobs?trk=nav_type_jobs">Careers</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-xl-2 col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 col-12"> <ul class="footer-list"> <li class="title"> <h5><span class="footer-arrow">Group News Sites</span></h5> <ul class="footer-sub-list"> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://www.thehindu.com/">The Hindu</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://bloncampus.thehindubusinessline.com/">BL on Campus</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/">Sportstar</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/">Businessline</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://www.hindutamil.in/">இந்து தமிழ் திசை</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://www.thehinducentre.com/">The Hindu Centre</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://ywc.thehindu.com/">Young World Club</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://epaper.thehindu.com/">The Hindu ePaper</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://epaper.thehindubusinessline.com/">Business Line ePaper</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://crossword.thehindu.com/">Crossword + Free Games</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-xl-2 col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 col-12"> <ul class="footer-list"> <li class="title"> <h5><span class="footer-arrow">Other Products</span></h5> <ul class="footer-sub-list"> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://roofandfloor.thehindu.com/">RoofandFloor</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://step.thehindu.com/">STEP</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://thehinduimages.com/">Images</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://thehinduads.com/">Classifieds - Print</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://www.thehindu.com/publications/">Special Publications</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://www.thehindu.com/ebooks/">eBooks</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-xl-2 col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 col-12"> <ul class="footer-list"> <li class="title"> <h5><span class="footer-arrow">Popular Sections</span></h5> <ul class="footer-sub-list"> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/">News</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/">Columns</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/social-issues/">Social Issues</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/">Economy</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/">Books</a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/">Arts & Culture</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-xl-2 col-lg-2 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-12"><h5 class="footer-top-border">Trending on Frontline</h5><ul class="footer-menu-list"><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/women-voters-india-cash-transfer-schemes-electoral-impact-2024/article68954347.ece"> Women voters: New political powerhouse? <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/bjp-hindutva-sangh-parivar-women-voters-patriarchy-hindu-mythology-durga-kali/article68946106.ece"> Women of the Hindutva family <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/sufi-shrine-ajmer-dargah-case-sambhal-violence-hindutva-muslims-ayodhya-babri-masjid-worship-culture-religion/article68949998.ece"> Why the Hindu right is coming for India’s Sufi shrines <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/adani-group-hindenburg-bribery-charges-us-narendra-modi-gujarat-sebi-madhabi-puri-buch/article68926300.ece"> SEBI’s great surrender <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/manipur-biren-singh-violence-bjp-congress-kuki-zo-community-assam-rifles-crpf-amit-shah-narendra-modi/article68897452.ece"> Mayhem continues in Manipur <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/khalistan-issue-india-canada-terrorism-diplomatic-tension/article67352975.ece"> India, Canada, and the Khalistan conundrum <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/maharashtra-assembly-election-narendra-modi-bjp-vote-share-shiv-sena-amit-shah-eknath-shinde/article68902000.ece"> Maharashtra’s new reality: Beyond the revolving door <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/sally-rooney-author-books-novel-intermezzo-normal-people-character-gen-z-millenial-social-media-capitalism/article68868029.ece"> Normal people, abnormal times: Sally Rooney’s beautiful world of radical romance <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/priyanka-gandhi-wins-wayanad-bypoll-enters-parliament-first-time-2024/article68902203.ece"> Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Member of Parliament <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/"> Environment News <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/"> Indian Politics News <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li></ul></div><div class="col-xl-2 col-lg-2 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-12"><h5 class="footer-top-border">Trending on Group sites</h5><ul class="footer-menu-list"><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/topic/live-news/"> Business News Live <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/budget/"> Budget 2024 <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/share-market-nifty-sensex-live-updates-21-march-2024/article67973094.ece"> Stock Market Live Updates <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/portfolio/portfolio-media/todays-stock-recommendation-21st-march-2024/article67973273.ece"> Stock Recommendation Today <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/silver-rate-today/Chennai/"> Silver Rate Today <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/gold-rate-today/"> Gold Rate Today <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/ipl/"> IPL 2024 <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/"> Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/ipl/ipl-news/csk-squad-2024-ipl-auction-full-list-of-players-bought-chennai-super-kings-team-purse-remaining/article67652070.ece"> CSK Squad IPL 2024 <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/top-gainers-today/"> Market Top Gainers <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/top-losers-today/"> Market Top Losers Today <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/stocks/reliance-industries-ltd/"> Reliance Share Price <span><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/FLRX/graph-arrow-icon.svg" alt="arrow"></span></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="row pb-5"><div class="col-12"><ul class="footer-social-icon"><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/frontlineindia/" title="Facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/footer-icon-fb.svg" alt="Facebook" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy"></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/frontline_india" title="Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/footer-icon-tw.svg" alt="Twitter" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxdhSIVMreBHJTQlVdg9lA" title="Youtube" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/footer-icon-youtube.svg" alt="Youtube" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/frontline.magazine/" title="Instagram" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/footer-icon-insta.svg" alt="Instagram" width="42px" height="34px" class="lazy"></a></li></ul><div class="deskBottomNav"> <ol class="breadcrumb"> <li class="breadcrumb-item"> <a class="" href="https://www.thehindugroup.com/privacy.html">Privacy policy</a> </li> <li class="breadcrumb-item"> <a class="" href="https://www.thehindugroup.com/termsofuse.html">Terms of Use</a> </li> </ol> </div><div class="copyrights"><a href="mailto:flcomments@thehindu.co.in" class="comm" title="Comments to: flcomments@thehindu.co.in.">Copyright © 2025, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.</a></div><div class="back-to-top"><p>BACK TO TOP<img class="lazy" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/back-to-top-arrow.svg" src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" alt="back-to-top"></p></div></div><div class="col-12"></div></div></div></footer><script> loadCSS("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/css/font-awesome.min.css?ver=1737011853"); </script><script src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/js/thgevnt.min.js?ver=1737011948" async defer></script><script> function fragmentlazyload(selector){ var fragmentcontent = []; if(typeof selector !== 'undefined' && selector){ fragmentcontent = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(selector +" .fragmentcontent.lazy")); } else{ fragmentcontent = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(".fragmentcontent.lazy")) } if ("IntersectionObserver" in window) { let lazyContentObserver = new IntersectionObserver(function(entries, observer) { entries.forEach(function(entry) { if (entry.isIntersecting) { let lazycontent = entry.target; let fragmentUrl = lazycontent.dataset.fragmentUrl; fetch(fragmentUrl).then(function(response) { if(response.ok && (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 400)) { return response.text(); } }).then(function(resp) { if(typeof resp !="undefined"){ try{ $(lazycontent).html(resp); } catch(e){ lazycontent.innerHTML = resp; } delete lazycontent.dataset.fragmentUrl; imglazyload("#"+lazycontent.id); lazycontent.classList.remove("lazy"); lazyContentObserver.unobserve(lazycontent); } }).catch(function(error) { console.error(error) }); } }); }); fragmentcontent.forEach(function(content) { lazyContentObserver.observe(content); }); } else { fragmentcontent.forEach(function(lazycontent) { let fragmentUrl = lazycontent.dataset.fragmentUrl; fetch(fragmentUrl).then(function(response) { if(response.ok && (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 400)) { return response.text(); } }).then(function(resp) { if(typeof resp !="undefined"){ lazycontent.innerHTML = resp; delete lazycontent.dataset.fragmentUrl; imglazyload("#"+lazycontent.id); lazycontent.classList.remove("lazy"); } }).catch(function(error) { console.error(error) }); }); } } function imglazyload(selector){ var lazyImages = []; if(typeof selector !== 'undefined' && selector){ lazyImages = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(selector +" img.lazy")); } else{ lazyImages = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("img.lazy")) }var imageSizes = [80, 100, 115, 140, 170, 215, 230, 240, 300, 320, 355,385, 435, 460, 480,560, 615, 660, 730, 810, 960, 1080, 1140, 1200];if ("IntersectionObserver" in window) { let lazyImageObserver = new IntersectionObserver(function(entries, observer) { entries.forEach(function(entry) { if (entry.isIntersecting) { let lazyImage = entry.target; let variant = lazyImage.dataset.deviceVariant; let imagesrc = lazyImage.dataset.srcTemplate; if(typeof imagesrc !="undefined" && imagesrc != ""){ if(typeof variant !="undefined" && variant != ""){ let position = 0; if(DevIdf.isDesktop){ position = 1; } else if(DevIdf.isTablet){ position = 2; } else if(DevIdf.isMobile){ position = 3; } variant = variant.split("~")[position]; var selected = Math.max.apply(null, imageSizes); for (var i = 0; i < imageSizes.length; i++) { if (lazyImage.offsetWidth <= imageSizes[i]) { selected = imageSizes[i]; break; } } var alterRegEx = new RegExp("alternates\/[a-z0-9_]*", "ig"); imagesrc = imagesrc.replace(alterRegEx,"alternates/"+variant + "_" + selected); lazyImage.src = imagesrc; } else{ lazyImage.src = imagesrc; } } lazyImage.classList.remove("lazy"); lazyImageObserver.unobserve(lazyImage); } }); }); lazyImages.forEach(function(lazyImage) { lazyImageObserver.observe(lazyImage); }); } else { lazyImages.forEach(function(lazyImage) { let variant = lazyImage.dataset.deviceVariant; let imagesrc = lazyImage.dataset.srcTemplate; if(typeof imagesrc !="undefined" && imagesrc != ""){ if(typeof variant !="undefined" && variant != ""){ let position = 0; if(DevIdf.isDesktop){ position = 1; } else if(DevIdf.isTablet){ position = 2; } else if(DevIdf.isMobile){ position = 3; } variant = variant.split("~")[position]; var selected = Math.max.apply(null, imageSizes); for (var i = 0; i < imageSizes.length; i++) { if (lazyImage.offsetWidth <= imageSizes[i]) { selected = imageSizes[i]; break; } } var alterRegEx = new RegExp("alternates\/[a-z0-9_]*", "ig"); imagesrc = imagesrc.replace(alterRegEx,"alternates/"+variant + "_" + selected); lazyImage.src = imagesrc; } else{ lazyImage.src = imagesrc; } } lazyImage.classList.remove("lazy"); }); } } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (event) { imglazyload(); fragmentlazyload();}); </script><script> const _disallow_params = ["gaa_at", "gaa_n", "gaa_ts", "gaa_sig"] tp.push(['init', function() { const current_url = new URL(window.location.href) const matched_params = _disallow_params.filter(el => current_url.searchParams.has(el)) if (!tp.pianoId.isUserValid() && matched_params.length == 0){ loadScript("https://accounts.google.com/gsi/client"); setTimeout(() => { google.accounts.id.initialize({ client_id: '123036381837-pvm923k0juvf1g7sk4me0u8oga9tnd47.apps.googleusercontent.com', callback: handleGoogleSignIn, use_fedcm_for_prompt: true, auto_prompt: false, itp_support: true }); handleResponseUrl(); }, 3000); } }]) function parseJwt (token) { var base64Url = token.split('.')[1]; var base64 = base64Url.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/'); var jsonPayload = decodeURIComponent(window.atob(base64).split('').map(function(c) { return '%' + ('00' + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-2); }).join('')); return JSON.parse(jsonPayload); } </script><div id="g_id_onload" data-skip_prompt_cookie="__utp" data-auto_prompt="false" data-itp_support="true" data-use_fedcm_for_prompt="true" ></div><!-- Promotion content on Login --><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Faustina:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800&display=swap" crossorigin="anonymous"><style> #gsi_overlay { display: none; position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 9999; width: 100%; height: 100%; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); } #oneTapOverlay { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 9998; width: 100%; height: 100%; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); } .oneTapOverlay-inner { margin-right: 420px; margin-left: auto; width: calc(100% - 420px); display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: flex-end; margin-top: 80px; } .oTO-Text-Logo img { width: 59px; height: 59px; } .oneTapOverlay-text { display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-top: 57px; max-width: 550px; } .oTO-Text { padding: 0 16px; color: #FFFFFF; } .oTO-Text-title { font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: "Merriweather", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 15px 0; } .oTO-Text-subtitle { font-size: 20px; margin: 16px 0 8px; font-family: "Merriweather", serif; font-weight: bold; } .oTO-Text-points { padding: 0; position: absolute; } .oTO-Text-points li { font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: "Faustina", serif; list-style-type: none; position: relative; display: flex; align-items: flex-start; } .oTO-Text-points li::before { content: ''; display: block; padding: 8px 7px; background: url('https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/google-signin/arrow-819.svg') no-repeat center center; background-size: contain; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 6px; } .oneTapOverlay-arrow img { max-width: 100%; } @media screen and(max-width: 1250px) { .oneTapOverlay-arrow { display: none } } @media screen and(max-width: 820px) { .oTO-Text-title { font-size: 24px; } .oTO-Text-subtitle { font-size: 18px; } .oTO-Text-points li { font-size: 16px; } .oneTapOverlay-text { flex-direction: column; align-items: center; } } @media screen and(max-height: 500px) { .oneTapOverlay-text { margin-top: 0; } .oTO-Text-title { font-size: 24px; } .oTO-Text-subtitle { font-size: 18px; } .oTO-Text-points li { font-size: 16px; } } @media(max-width: 767px) { #gsi_overlay { z-index: 9999 !important; } .oTO-Text-points { display: none !important; } } body.headersticky iframe#credential_picker_iframe { bottom: 85px !important; } div#credential_picker_container { z-index: 99999999999999999999 !important; } </style><div id="gsi_overlay"><div class="oneTapOverlay-inner"><div class="oneTapOverlay-text"><div class="oTO-Text-Logo"><img src='https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/google-signin/fl-online-icon.svg' alt="Frontline"/></div><div class="oTO-Text"><div class="oTO-Text-title">Sign in to Unlock member-only benefits!</div><ul class="oTO-Text-points"><li>Bookmark stories to read later.</li><li>Comment on stories to start conversations.</li><li>Subscribe to our newsletters.</li><li>Get notified about discounts and offers to our products.</li></ul></div></div><div class="oneTapOverlay-arrow"><img src='https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/google-signin/group-12945.svg' alt="Sign in"/></div></div></div><script> const gsi_container = document.getElementById("g_id_onload") const auth_ep = "https://madhyama.thehindu.com/api/gni"; const response_ep = "https://madhyama.thehindu.com/api/sociallogin" function logMomentNotification(v) { console.log(v); // const gsi_overlay = document.getElementById("gsi_overlay") if(v === "display") { // gsi_overlay.style.display = "block"; dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push ({ 'event' : 'onetap_signin', 'data' : { 'click':'view', 'click_type' : '', 'general_placement':'body', 'detailed_placement':'', 'goal_type':'onetap_signin_view' } }); } // else gsi_overlay.style.display = "none" } function loginCallback(res) { handleGoogleSignIn() } function pushLoginEventToDataLayer() { dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push ({ 'event' : 'onetap_signin', 'data' : { 'click':'sign_in', 'click_type' : 'action', 'general_placement':'body', 'detailed_placement':'', 'goal_type':'onetap_signin' } }); } function handleGoogleSignIn(user) { console.log('handleGoogleSignIn'); const clean_url = cleanArticleUrl(); const options = { method: "POST", headers: getHeaders(), body: JSON.stringify({ "token": user.credential, "article_url": clean_url, "pubId": "FL", }) }; fetch(auth_ep, options) .then(function(res) { if (!res.ok) throw new Error(res.statusText) return res.json() }) .then(function(res) { if (res.redirect_uri) { pushLoginEventToDataLayer(); setTimeout(() => { window.location.replace(res.redirect_uri); }, 0200); } else if (!res.token || res.token.trim() === "") return else if(res.token && window.tp.pianoId) tp.push(['init', function() { pushLoginEventToDataLayer(); try { let parsedToken = parseJwt(res.token) dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push ({ 'event' : 'login_successful', 'data' : { 'onetap_signin': 'yes', 'email': parsedToken.email, 'uid': parsedToken.sub, 'platform': 'WEB' } }); } catch (error) { console.log("onetap-signin-err", error); } tp.pianoId.loginByToken(res.token); setTimeout(() => window.location.reload(), 0700); }]) else { console.log("Nothing happened...") } }) .catch(err => console.error(err)); } function cleanArticleUrl() { const params_to_remove = ["utm_source", "utm_medium", "utm_campaign", "utm_term", "utm_content"] const url_obj = new URL(`${window.location.href}`) url_obj.searchParams.forEach((v, k) => {if (params_to_remove.includes(k)) url_obj.searchParams.delete(k)} ) return url_obj.toString() } function handleResponseUrl() { const url_obj = new URL(window.location.href) const response_id = url_obj.searchParams.get("response_id") const redirect_uri = url_obj.searchParams.get("internal_redirect_uri") if (!response_id || !redirect_uri) { google?.accounts.id.prompt((d) => { logMomentNotification(d.getMomentType()); }); return } // If user is already logged in, Do nothing with response_id or redirect_uri // else if (window.tp && window.tp.pianoId.isUserValid()) return; const options = { method: 'POST', headers: getHeaders(), body: JSON.stringify({ "response_id": response_id, "pubId": "FL" }) } fetch(response_ep, options) .then(function(res) { if (!res.ok) throw new Error(res.statusText) return res.json() }) .then(function(res) { console.log(res) // return if response is not ok OR no access token is present if (!res.data.status === "ok" || !res.data.access_token) return if(window.tp.pianoId) tp.push(['init', function() { try { let parsedToken = parseJwt(res.data.access_token) dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push ({ 'event' : 'login_successful', 'data' : { 'onetap_signin': 'yes', 'email': parsedToken.email, 'uid': parsedToken.sub, 'platform': 'WEB' } }); } catch (error) { console.log("onetap-signin-err", error); } tp.pianoId.loginByToken(res.data.access_token) setTimeout(function() { window.location.replace(res.data.redirect_uri) }, 1000); }]) else window.location.replace(res.data.redirect_uri) }) .catch(err => console.error("Error: ", err)); } function getHeaders() { return { "Accept": "application/json, text/plain, */*", "Authorization": "Basic dGhlaGluZHU6a251cl9DSC1BNVBZVSU4Vw==", "Content-Type": "application/json", } } </script><script> window.tp.push([ "init", function () { if (window.tp.pianoId.isUserValid()) loadScript("https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/js/vue-petite.min.js?ver=1737011805") } ]) </script><style> .link a { color: white !important; } .device-info { margin-right: 4px; } .popup-background { background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); position: fixed; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; z-index: 15; } [v-cloak] { display: none; } .popup { width: 100%; max-width: 800px; height: auto; background: #000000; padding: 35px 75px 35px 110px; color: #ffffff; position: relative; } .popup .popup-close { border: none; background: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; position: absolute; top: 15px; right: 15px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 200; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none; } .popup .title { font-family: "Merriweather", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; text-align: left; display: flex; align-items: center; position: relative; min-height: 50px; } .popup .title::before { content: ""; width: 50px; height: 50px; background: url(../../../theme/images/th-online/th-circle-white.svg) no-repeat center; background-size: 50px 50px; display: block; position: absolute; left: -65px; } .popup .sub-text { font-family: "Merriweather", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0 15px; } .popup .popup-btn { background-color: #ffffff !important; color: #000000 !important; font-weight: bold; width: max-content; min-width: 130px; height: 34px; text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-radius: 4px; border: none; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Merriweather Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px 10px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 25px auto; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; transition: all 0.3s; } .popup .popup-btn:focus { box-shadow: none; outline: none; text-decoration: none; } .popup .popup-btn:after { content: "→"; position: relative; opacity: 0; top: -1px; right: 15%; transition: 0.3s; } .popup .popup-btn:hover { padding-right: 20px; padding-left: 10px; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; outline: none; } .popup .popup-btn:hover::after { opacity: 1; right: -8px; } .popup .device-list { list-style: none; margin: 20px 0; padding: 0; overflow-y: scroll; max-height: calc(100vh - 380px); padding-right: 15px; } .popup .device-list::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 10px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1215686275); transition: width 0.3s; cursor: pointer; display: block; border-radius: 20px; } .popup .device-list::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3333333333); border-radius: 20px; } .popup .device-list li { width: 100%; padding: 12px 0; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1333333333); } .popup .device-list li:first-child { padding-top: 0; } .popup .device-list li:last-child { border-bottom: none; padding-bottom: 0; } .popup .device-list li > div { display: flex; justify-content: left; align-items: flex-start; } .popup .device-list li .s-no { font-family: "Merriweather Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: right; width: 15px; position: relative; top: 3px; } .popup .device-list li .icon { content: ""; width: 20px; height: 20px; background: url(../../../theme/images/th-online/device-user-icon.svg) no-repeat center; background-size: contain; display: block; margin: 0px 10px 0; position: relative; top: 2px; } .popup .device-list li .device { font-family: "Merriweather Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; line-height: normal; } .popup .device-list li .device span { display: block; font-family: inherit; } .popup .device-list li .popup-btn { margin: 0 0; } .popup p.link { font-family: "Merriweather Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 200; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; margin: 20px auto 0; } .popup p.link a { font-weight: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px; transition: all 0.3s; } .popup p.link a:hover { text-decoration: none; } .popup p.link span { color: #555555; font-size: 18px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: 3px; } @media screen and (max-width: 700px) { .popup { padding: 40px 40px 40px 90px; } } @media screen and(max-width: 570px) { .popup { width: 100%; max-width: 100%; padding: 35px 25px; } .popup .popup-close { font-size: 17px; line-height: 17px; } .popup .title { font-size: 14px; min-height: auto; padding-left: 60px; margin-bottom: 15px; line-height: 24px; } .popup .title::before { left: 0; } .popup .sub-text { font-size: 14px; margin: 5px 0 15px; line-height: normal; } .popup .popup-btn { min-width: 90px; height: 30px; font-size: 10px; margin: 15px auto; } .popup .popup-btn:hover { padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 0px; } .popup .device-list { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; padding-right: 10px; } .popup .device-list::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 5px; } .popup .device-list li { padding: 7px 0; } .popup .device-list li .s-no { font-size: 13px; width: 5px; } .popup .device-list li .icon { width: 15px; height: 15px; background-size: 15px 15px; margin: 2px 7px 0; } .popup .device-list li .device { font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; } .popup p.link { font-size: 12px; margin: 15px auto 0; } .popup p.link a { text-underline-offset: 2px; } .popup p.link span { color: #555555; font-size: 18px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: 3px; } } </style><div class="popup-background" id="user-session-popup" v-show="store.session_limit_exceeded === true" v-scope v-cloak><div class="popup"><button class="popup-close" onclick="window.tp.pianoId.logout()">✕</button><div class="title">Looks like you are already logged in from more than 3 devices!</div><div class="sub-text">To continue logging in, remove at least one device from the below list</div><ul class="device-list"><li v-for="device_detail, index in store.device_info" :key="index"><div class="device-info" v-scope="DeviceInfoComponent({index, ...device_detail})"></div><button class="btn popup-btn" @click="sendDeleteRequest([device_detail.payload], 'single')">Log out</button></li></ul><button class="btn popup-btn" @click="sendDeleteRequest(store.device_info.map(di => di.payload), 'all')">Log Out from all devices</button><p class="link"><a href="https://www.thehindugroup.com/privacy.html" target="_blank">Terms & conditions</a><span> | </span><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/tz7UETzxUs" target="_blank">Institutional Subscriber</a></p></div></div><template id="device-info"><span class="s-no">${ ind + 1 }</span><span class="icon"></span><span class="device"> ${ device }<span class="duration">Last active - ${ la }</span></span></template><script>const us_api_domain = "/";</script><script src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/js/user_session.min.js?ver=1737011948"></script><div class="comments-chat"><div class="comments-overlay"></div><div class="comments-box" style="padding:0 10px 0 10px"><button class="comments-close"><img class="menu-hamber lazy" data-src-template="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/menu-close-icon.svg" src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" width="25" height="14"></button><h3>Comments</h3><p>Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide to our community <a href="/termsofuse/">guidelines</a> for posting your comment</p><div id="coral_thread"></div></div></div><script> window.coralLoaded = false; function loadCoaral(){ if(!coralLoaded){ tp = window["tp"] || []; tp.push(["init", function () { if (!tp.user.isUserValid()) { loadcoralEmded() } else{ var myHeaders = new Headers(); myHeaders.append("x-client-auth", tp.pianoId.getToken()); var requestOptions = { method: 'GET', headers: myHeaders }; fetch("https://flcmt.thehindu.com/gtk?aid=7JJs2o4rpu", requestOptions).then(function(response) { if(response.ok && (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 400)) { return response.json(); } }).then(function(resp) { loadcoralEmded(resp.token) }).catch(function(error) { console.error("Auth Error", error) loadcoralEmded() }); } }]); } } loadScript("https://flcmt.thehindu.com/assets/js/count.js"); function loadcoralEmded (auth){ (function() { var d = document, s = d.createElement('script'); s.src = 'https://flcmt.thehindu.com/assets/js/embed.js'; s.async = false; s.defer = true; s.onload = function() { var embed = Coral.createStreamEmbed({ id: "coral_thread", autoRender: true, rootURL: 'https://flcmt.thehindu.com', storyID: '68831802', storyURL: 'https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece', events: function (events) { events.onAny(function(eventName, data) { console.log(eventName, data); if(eventName == "signOut.success"){ tp.pianoId.logout() } else if(eventName == "loginPrompt"){ document.querySelector(".thgsignin").click(); createCookie("commentClick","true",0) } else if(eventName === 'createComment.success'){ dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push ({ 'event': 'PA_click', 'click':'Article', 'click_type': 'action', 'general_placement':'body', 'detailed_placement':'comments', 'goal_type':'Comments' }) } }); } }); if(auth){ embed.login(auth); } window.coralLoaded = true; }; (d.head || d.body).appendChild(s); })(); } if(getUrlParameter("commentID") != null){ document.querySelector(".comments") != null ? document.querySelector(".comments").click() : null } if(readCookie("commentClick") == "true"){ eraseCookie('commentClick'); tp = window["tp"] || []; tp.push(["init", function () { if (tp.user.isUserValid()) { if(typeof loadCoaral == "function"){loadCoaral()} $(".comments-chat").addClass("show-comments") } }]); } </script></body></html>