It’s a free-for-all, literally. Except for the Congress, which has little stake in any of the battles, and the BJP, which aims to secure every election it participates in, every other party has partnered with every other party. It’s political promiscuity at its best. Or, rather, at its worst. Maharashtra’s three-party alliance government — comprising the BJP, Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP — hasn’t prevented any of its constituents from seeking partners outside the alliance.