"Morality, values, self-respect have importance in politics": NCP (SP) leader Amol Kolhe

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 6 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Amol Kolhe who won the Shirur Lok Sabha seat on Thursday thanked the supporters and said that there was upheaval in Maharashtra's politics for the last 1-2 years but the results of the general elections showed that morality, values, self-respect have importance in politics.
"I thank the public, seeing the upheaval in Maharashtra's politics for the last 1-2 years, the question was raised whether morality, values, and self-respect have any importance in politics or not. But the public has shown through the result that these values have importance in politics," Kolhe said.
Amol Kolhe won the Lok Sabha elections from Shirur Lok Sabha seat with 140951 votes. He defeated Nationalist Congress Party leader Adhalrao Shivaji Dattatreya.
As per the Election Commission of India, the BJP bagged nine seats this time against 23 in the 2019 LS polls; the Shiv Sena secured seven seats while the NCP managed to win one seat in Maharashtra.
The 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' (MVA) alliance, on the other hand, bagged 30 seats with the Congress being 13, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) being eight, and the Shiv Sena (UBT) being nine.
The counting of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was held on Tuesday. According to the Election Commission of India, the BJP won 240 seats, much lower than its 2019 tally of 303.
The Congress, on the other hand, registered a strong growth, winning 99 seats. The INDIA bloc crossed the 230 mark, posing stiff competition, and defying all predictions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured a third term, but the BJP will need to rely on the support of other parties in his coalition - JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar and TDP's chief Chandrababu Naidu.
BJP fell 32 seats short of the 272 majority mark after votes polled in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were counted. For the first time since the Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, it did not secure a majority on its own. (ANI)