Hours after NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar stated the opposition shouldn’t lose coronary heart after its defeat within the Maharashtra elections, as there isn’t a enthusiasm within the state over Mahayuti’s victory, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated on Saturday {that a} senior chief like Sharad Pawar shouldn’t mislead individuals.
Pawar stated that the opposition shouldn’t lose coronary heart over its rout however return to the individuals who don’t appear to be enthused by the large victory of the BJP-led Mahayuti within the Maharashtra elections.
Responding to the NCP (SP) president’s claims, Fadnavis said that he ought to settle for the defeat and advise his colleagues to introspect. “You’ll come out of this should you settle for defeat. I count on you to offer your colleagues recommendation on introspection,” he said on X.
Hitting again at Pawar, the Maharashtra CM resorted to election consequence numbers. BJP polled 1,49,13,914 votes and bagged 9 seats in Maharashtra within the Lok Sabha elections, whereas Congress polled 96,41,856 votes and bagged 13 seats, he stated. Shiv Sena (UBT) acquired 73,77,674 votes and received 7 seats, whereas NCP (SP) polled 58,51,166 votes and received eight constituencies, he stated.
The Opposition’s precedence can be to make sure that all of the election guarantees made by the ruling alliance, together with growing the monetary help to girls underneath the Ladki Bahin scheme from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,100, are applied on the earliest, he stated. Pawar stated a comparability between votes polled and seats received by political events within the Maharashtra meeting polls was stunning.
“It’s true that we’ve got been defeated. We must always not fret over it however return to the individuals, as no enthusiasm is seen among the many individuals in regards to the election outcomes. There’s a whole lot of resentment,” the senior politician stated at a press convention right here.
The ruling BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena alliance received 230 out of 288 seats within the November 20 elections. Pawar stated the comparability between votes polled and seats received by political events in Maharashtra meeting polls was stunning. “Congress polled 80 lakh votes and received 15 seats, whereas Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena bagged 79 lakh votes and emerged victorious on 57 seats,” he stated.
Ajit Pawar’s NCP polled 58 lakh votes and received 41 seats, whereas the NCP (SP) secured 72 lakh votes and received solely ten seats, he stated. Within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress polled 87,92,237 votes and received just one seat, whereas the undivided NCP secured 83,87,363 votes however received four seats, he added.
(With PTI Inputs)
