AFTER THE BHARATIYA Janata Party's (BJP) poor Lok Sabha performance in Maharashtra in June this year, Devendra Fadnavis famously likened himself to Abhimanyu who, he said, knows how to break the Chakravyuha. It was then seen as a false bravado. Six months later, however, Fadnavis has indeed walked his talk. Going by his reasonably good track record in his first term as chief minister from 2014-19 (the second one lasted merely 80 hours) and the BJP's resounding victory in the Assembly elections under his leadership, Fadnavis deserved to be at the centre of all attention at Thursday's swearing-in ceremony of the new government. Politically, this time his job should be a lot easier. Last time, he was unfairly kept out of the CM post for five years by the united Shiv Sena's intransigence following the 2019 Assembly results demanding the post by rotation, which led to the alliance collapsing and the BJP losing power.
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