35 Days

In 2019, a high-voltage political drama unfolded over thirty-five days between the declaration of the Maharashtra assembly election results and the formation of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in the state. The startling events that had the entire country glued to television screens culminated in the swearing in of Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister on 28 November 2019. This book is a blow-by-blow account of the ups and downs that took place during those thirty-five days that baffled even hardcore political pundits. The goings-on unmasked almost all parties and politicians of the state and changed Maharashtra’s politics forever. With exclusive reportage and interviews from close observers of the whole drama, 35 Days goes behind the scenes to reconstruct what took place during the Maharashtra elections 2019.