Maha election is very prestigious for BJP. It is more prestigious for Uddhav Thakere to make a comeback in the state.
Both the Sena groups will make all-out efforts to come to power.
Shinde wants to stay in power, while Uddhav wants to prove the point that Sena belongs to him and not the Shinde Group.
The BJP has declared candidates for 121 of the 288 constituencies in the state so far. Fadnavis expressed confidence that the BJP would form the government with the help of Shiv Sena, NCP and the Republican Party of India.
About the impact of General Elections on the next month’s contest, he claimed that Maharashtra witnessed ‘vote-jihad’ for the first time during the Lok Sabha elections, wherein Mahayuti could win only 17 of the 48 seats in the state. But it won’t be effective in the assembly elections, he asserted.
“In the Dhule Lok Sabha constituency, our candidate was leading in five assembly segments, but the voting in the Malegaon-Central assembly constituency led to our defeat. However, it will not work in
assembly polls as our candidates in those five seats will win,” he said.
In the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections, BJP won 105 seats and its then ally Shiv Sena (undivided) 56. The NCP (undivided), which was part of the UPA, bagged 54 constituencies and Congress 44.
