Dehradun, Dec. 23 -- The landslide victory of the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra's Nagar Parishad and Nagar Panchayat elections, despite 'friendly' contests between candidates of the BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and the NCP (Ajit Pawar), is not just indicative of the increased polarisation of votes at the grassroots, but also the rejection of dynastic politics. The ruling alliance may be heavily 'saffron' in its ideology, but it is also more 'representative' of the people's aspirations. There is a limit to how much the opposition (Maha Vikas Aghadi) can run on the basis of its leaders being 'born to the role'. There is a limit, for instance, to how much the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena can play the Bal Thackeray card...