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Assembly elections beckon six states Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur this spring. The highly animated poll campaign and fast concretizing political combinations and permutations underscore the high stakes involved while elections in all these states are significant. The nation's attention is riveted on the electoral scene in Maharashtra. C. P. Bhambhri, professor, political studies, JNU speaks about elections in Maharashtra. He says, "These elections have national significance because Maharashtra is the industrial and finance capital of India and if anyone either the Congress or the BJP Shiv Sena allies wins there then it will have repercussions for all India political process." The polls in the nation's industrial powerhouse Maharashtra are due on the 9t