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MAHARASHTRA ELECTIONS

MODI’S MAHA

VICTORY

As the BJP-led alliance stuns the Congress parties and its allies in Maharashtra,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi uses the win to assert his government.
How did BJP overcome the setback in Lok Sabha elections so quickly?

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n historic mandate that left the
opposition Maha Vikas Agh-
Iadi stunned, BJP drove its allies
in Mahayuti in Maharashtra to a
landslide victory with the ruling alli-
ance getting as many as 230 seats in
288-member Maharashtra assembly.
In Maharashtra, the BJP saw a
fabulous strike rate with the party
winning 132 of 148 seats it contested.
Party’s allies Shiv Sena and NCP also
had a very good strike rate. While
Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde won 57 seats, NCP
led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit
Pawar won 41.
The unprecedented Mahayuti
victory came months after it suffered
a setback in the Lok Sabha polls win-
ning only 17 of 48 seats. The constit-
uents of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
suffered a rude jolt and Congress
raised questions over the results. The
party could win only 16 of over 100
seats it contested. Shiv Sena (UBT)
led by Uddhav Thackeray won 20
seats and NCP(SP) led by Sharad Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP candidate Devendra Fadnavis waves the party’s flag as he arrives to collect his winning certificate
Pawar only 10 seats. from the Nagpur South West Constituency, at the counting center in Nagpur on Saturday (ANI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
addressed BJP workers at the party given the BJP many more seats than in Maharashtra after split in Shiv as “traitors”.
headquarters following Mahayuti’s the Congress and its allies combined. Sena and Nationalist Congress Par- Coming down heavily on the
thumping victory and said records This shows that when it comes to ty and the MVA was hit by the Ma- INDIA bloc after BJP-led Mahayuti
had been created. good governance, the country trusts hayuti tsunami. No opposition party scored historic victory in Maharash-
He said in the last 50 years, no only the BJP and the NDA,” he said. has the numbers to claim position of tra assembly polls, Prime Minister
party or any pre-poll alliance has PM Modi also said this is the Leader of Opposition in the state as- Narendra Modi said that the leaders
won such a massive victory. “This is third consecutive time that BJP alli- sembly. of the opposition alliance are unable
the third consecutive time that the ance has got the blessings of people Uddhav Thackeray, who lost to understand the country’s mood as
BJP has emerged as the largest party of the state. his chief ministerial position due to voters support those who put “Na-
in Maharashtra, which is undoubt- He also targeted Congress in his split in his party in 2022, was keen to tion First” and not those who dream
edly a historic feat. This victory is a speech, describing it as a “parasitic prove a point in the assembly polls of “kursi first”.
stamp on the BJP’s governance mod- party” that sinks its allies. and had repeatedly referred to group “The leaders of INDI Alli-
el. The people of Maharashtra have This was the first assembly polls led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Continued on next page... >>

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