‘Historic mandate,’ says PM Modi as Maharashtra’s ruling coalition secures overwhelming win
Meanwhile, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader and CM Hemant Soren said his coalition had passed the ‘exam of democracy’ in the state.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance’s performance in the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Saturday as a win for development and good governance.
“In the last 50 years, no party or pre-poll alliance has secured such a big win as Maharashtra’s,” Modi said in a speech from his party headquarters in Delhi. “This is the third consecutive time that a BJP-led alliance has won in the state. This is indeed a historic win.”
“This election has exposed the true faces of the INDIA bloc and the Maha Vikas Aghadi groups,” the prime minister added. “We all know that [Shiv Sena founder] Balasaheb Thackeray made significant contributions to this country. However, the Congress, driven by a lust for power, managed to take a faction of his party along, but no Congress leader can ever praise Balasaheb’s principles.
The BJP leader thanked the youth and women of Maharashtra “for a historic mandate to the National Democratic Alliance”.
The ruling Mahayuti alliance – comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena group led by Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party group led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar – is headed for an overwhelming victory in the Assembly elections.
At 8 pm on Saturday, the alliance had won 202 seats and was leading...
