Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday met with beneficiaries of 'Majhi Ladki Bahin' scheme, where he expressed his gratitude to them for the historic win of the Mahayuti alliance in assembly polls.
In a last-minute move, the state excise department on Sunday cancelled the permit for serving liquor at singer Diljit Dosanjh's musical concert in the Kothrud area of Pune city.
The Deputy Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Hirdesh Kumar, and Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra, State S Chockalingam, called on Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Sunday.
Of 288 assembly constituencies, the ruling Mahayuti secured 230 seats in the assembly polls, the results for which came on Saturday. The BJP won 132 seats while its allies- the Shiv Sena, led by Eknath Shinde, won 57 seats, and the NCP, led by Ajit Pawar, won 41 seats.
"Earlier also we had demanded one ministerial post for RPI. This time Mahayuti has received a majority of Dalit votes...So, I feel that RPI should get a ministerial post. Our society also has this hope. Giving ministerial post to RPI will also benefit Mahayuti," the Union Minister told AN
A day after the Mahayuti alliance clinched a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, NCP-SCP leader Jitendra Awhad expressed disappointment over the results, saying that it is "unexcpected."
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said on Sunday that the BJP-led NDA have achieved a "record-breaking victory" in Maharashtra and that people have expressed their faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A day after the Mahayuti alliance clinched a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Pune NCP president Deepak Mankar on Sunday said that the party workers are in favour of making 'dada' (Ajit Pawar) the Chief Minister of the state.
"The Maharashtra election results will have far-reaching effects. The NDA and BJP's performance in the elections will pose a huge threat to Congress and its allies in the coming times...In Jharkhand, the NDA needs to work more in the tribal and protected areas," Tyagi said while speaking to
BJP leader and Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan expressed disappointment over the debacle in the Jharkhand Assembly polls and said that there might be some flaws and the party would analyse it.
As the Mahayuti swept assembly elections, Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday lashed out at Congress, announcing that there will be no Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state legislature.