Maha Yuti

Maha Yuti
AbbreviationMY
LeaderEknath Shinde
(Chief Minister)
PresidentDevendra Fadnavis
ChairmanAjit Pawar
FoundersDevendra Fadnavis
Uddhav Thackeray
Amit Shah
Founded4 December 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-04)
Ideology
Political positionBig Tent[A]
National affiliationNational Democratic Alliance
Colours  Saffron
Lok Sabha
17 / 48
Rajya Sabha
12 / 19
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
202 / 288
Maharashtra Legislative Council
41 / 78
^ A: The Alliance is described as a broad Big Tent alliance, with centre-right ,far-right factions and centrist factions

The Maha Yuti (transl. Grand Alliance;[5] abbreviated as MY), formed in 2014,[6] is a political coalition in Maharashtra, India. Currently the alliance consists of three major parties - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (2022–Present; SHS) and Nationalist Congress Party ― along with smaller partners such as Republican Party of India (Athawale), Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and many others.

The BJP-Shiv Sena partnership, in particular, was significant, as both parties shared a long-standing ideological affinity. The alliance aimed to consolidate their combined strength, leveraging Shiv Sena's regional influence and BJP's national appeal.

Under the MahaYuti banner, the alliance achieved notable successes, including winning the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections and securing 41 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state. However, internal tensions and disagreements over power sharing led to Shiv Sena's exit in 2019.[7]

The alliance is then revived again in 2022 when the MVA government was dissolved,[8] Resulting a faction of Shiv Sena joining Maha Yuti alliance and forming the Government under the leadership of Eknath Shinde from rebel Shiv Sena (2022–Present) swearing in as the chief minister while Devendra Fadnavis from BJP took oath as deputy chief minister. later in year 2023 the NCP faction broke with one remaining in MVA while Ajit Pawar led faction joined MahaYuti Government with Ajit Pawar swearing in as second deputy chief minister of Maharashtra. The MY alliance got a huge setback in 2024 Lok Sabha Polls where it could only secure 17 out of 48 seats losing 24 sitting seats.

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