mumbai while bjp came in for criticism for talking about its decision to revoke article 370 in the maharashtra assembly elections the issue nonetheless was one of the dominant ones in the poll campaign the verdict may be split on whether it worked but whether the bjpsena combine would have been able to beat back antiincumbency with the same vigour without it is not clearpm narendra modi and bjp president amit shah tried to carry forward the discourse on nationalism while bringing up pakistan they also placed a lot of focus on the ncps alleged links with the underworldhowever towards the end of the campaign the narrative somewhat changed pm modi for instance devoted a greater portion of his speech at the bandrakurla complex last week nearly 20 minutes to mumbais issues the metro network the navi mumbai international airport and the transharbour link ease of living and rera and he assured the citys voters that the devendra fadnavisled government in its second term would chalk up a comprehensive timebound plan for mumbais developmentthe punjab maharashtra cooperative bank scandal stirred the citys conscience but netas didnt talk much on the shutdown of cooperative banks said vivek surve a young professional on the other hand talking of farmers distress and delay in completing irrigation projects would mean admitting ones own failure no leader would dare do that he addedthe opposition congressncp combine did put together a poll agenda but it seemed more occupied with working out local political calculations and caste equations said political analysts cm fadnavis spoke about making the state droughtfree a slogan that appears to have brought dividends in the arid marathwada region where the saffron alliance won a majority of the seats his focus on his pet project the jalyukt shivar scheme was also welcomed by people of this regionmns candidates spoke evocatively about their leader raj thackerays blueprint for revamping civic amenities but voters want quickfix solutions said archies patil a computer graduate