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Significance
He succeeds party colleague Uddhav Thackeray, who resigned after losing his majority thanks to a Shinde-led move to bring down his government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is back in power in Maharashtra in support of Shinde’s administration.
Impacts
The BJP will work harder to characterise Maharashtra as pro-business, hoping to attract more foreign investment in the state.
Protests by environmental groups against transport projects in Mumbai, the state capital, will intensify.
Modi’s party will likely outperform Shiv Sena in the Greater Mumbai municipal corporation elections later this year.
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