India, Dec. 2 -- Uddhav will go out of way to help the farmers: Congress MP

The recent political developments in Maharashtra on the issue of government formation have left everyone stunned. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray who assumed the office of Chief Minister on November 28 is leading a coalition that includes the NCP and Congress, long-standing foes of the Sena once. For Sena, it is a golden opportunity to rule the state of Maharashtra. Also, it has perhaps for the first time adopted secularism as its instrument of political power.

Anju Grover for Indian Currents spoke to Kumar Ketkar, Congress MP in Rajya Sabha, on the realignment of political forces in Maharashtra and its impact on the national politics. Ketkar is a journalist and ...