PONDA, April 2 -- Team Herald

Fresh off the plane from Delhi after a meeting with BJP national general secretary (Organisation) B L Santosh, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) president Pandurang aka Deepak Dhavalikar asserted on Wednesday that the MGP-BJP alliance would stay in place for the 2027 Assembly polls and even the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.

His statement assumes significance in the backdrop of two recent developments that are significant for the State's political climate - the impending Cabinet reshuffle and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's recent assertions that BJP would keep the Priol and Mandrem constituencies in the 2027 State polls.

Pushed on the defensive by these assertions, the Dhavalikar brothers - Deepak and Ramakr...