The fall of Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government is a major setback for the opposition bloc that had made the tripartite arrangement between ideologically disparate parties as a test case for a nationwide formula to stall the Modi-led BJP. Not only was the alliance doing well electorally, but it was also looking to shut the doors on BJP on its ideological aggression, until the rebellion in Shiv Sena scuppered the two-and-a-half-year-old experiment.