Siva Sena (SS) has created a story that BJP has betrayed  them. The core voter and Manus people seems to have believed that. Votes in Mumbai City region go based on the feudal type relationships maintained by SS and others. Same in the Maratwada areas for NCP. Sugar Lobby, Co Operative Banks etc networks work better in any Assembly elections. But this time at least Mafia lost the elections in their mind already. All the people wanted is to stop BJP from winning. That is why all out attack on BJP this time from every other party.

BJP by their own high standard not did great work to "manage" elections in MH. “Putting cheppal on the ground” (my words and I am claims rights on them) is a must at every polling booth if you want to win the elections. Particularly in Assembly elections. From what I have seen BJP has not managed to do that. BJP is both the states have contested seriously for the first time. So they can be excused for not so good attempt. But politics are hard things and no excuse is acceptable and results I hope will not be bad for it

As for as results goes "Management" of Election Day makes the difference in a close vote situation, up to a maximum of about 5% votes can be “managed”. Diggi Raja did it in MP for his second win. The extent Diggi went was unimaginable. I have seen SS arranging for Taxis for people to vote and NCP distributing cash openly in front of Polling Booths in Mumbai. But for BJP hardly any one is there to be seen. This is not good sign. On the other hand SS thinks with their Ba@@s and what every they arrange will not work if they do not think properly and plan the things. BJP is very good at that and SS, NCP and Congress Mafia are not.

In spite of the active “management” of others if BJP gets into Wining or No.1 position in both states then it is a seriously big achievement for them. In either case BJP will learn its lessons from these two elections and will change its strategy for future state elections. Already there is a talk from my UP friends that Behanji will win in UP this time.  That kind of possibility needs to be stopped at any cost. Otherwise UP can not be saved soon.