The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered a massive jolt with Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray winning 20 seats, Congress securing 16, and NCP(SP) led by Sharad Pawar managed just 10 seats.
A day after the Mahayuti alliance clinched a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, reacting to results Congress MP Deepender Hooda raised questions on the fairness of the election process as the results are "astonishing".
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.
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.
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.
In the wake of the landslide victory of the Mahayuti, Shiv Sena winning candidate from the Sawantwadi Assembly seat Deepak Kesarkar on Sunday said that the people of India and Maharashtra have come out of that wrong narrative set by the INDIA alliance.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti sweeps the 2024 general assembly elections in Maharashtra, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said that the party leaders were surprised over the information they got about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being selectively "hacked."