2022 was an eventful year for Maharashtra politics.
It started with the weariness, fear and eventual relief over Covid. As the situation started to get back to normal, the state was hit by an unexpected political storm – the rift within the Shiv Sena, the key party which was part of the ruling alliance, Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The dramatic twists and turns ended in the resignation of then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and the…