AS we wait for BJP candidate Udayanraje Bhosale at his abode, Jalmandir Palace, hordes of supporters of the direct descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj gather to greet him outside.

The political temperature is soaring in the Satara Lok Sabha constituency where Bhosale is taking on NCP (SP) candidate Shashikant Shinde. The supporters of the Mahayuti candidate, whom they reverently call Maharaj, feel that Shinde will be defeated by a heavy margin.