It was a day of mixed messages. While the BJP on Tuesday sent out a stern warning to “erring” senior MLAs to mend their ways or cool their heels for five years by leaving out names of four high-profile veterans—all ministers, present or former—from its first list of 125 candidates for the October 21 assembly polls, it offered nomination to most defectors from the Congress-NCP who have been part of the ‘turncoat’ soap opera which has altered the contours of the state’s politics.
It was a day of mixed messages. While the BJP on Tuesday sent out a stern warning to “erring” senior MLAs to mend their ways or cool their heels for five years by leaving out names of four high-profile veterans—all ministers, present or former—from its first list of 125 candidates for the October 21 assembly polls, it offered nomination to most defectors from the Congress-NCP who have been part of the ‘turncoat’ soap opera which has altered the contours of the state’s politics.