BJP emerges single largest party in Maharashtra local body polls as Mahayuti sweeps municipal councils

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut attributed the victory of Mahayuti to “tampering” of EVMs. He said the opposition couldn’t withstand a “hailstorm” of money.His party colleague Ambadas Danve alleged “money and muscle power” shaped the Mahayuti win.”The Mahayuti has bagged a larger number of seats as compared to constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, thanks to the muscle and money power deployed by the ruling parties,” Danve told PTI in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.Maharashtra BJP president Ravindra Chavan claimed the party had got a decisive mandate as voters had rejected the Opposition’s “fake narrative”.He claimed the Mahayuti had won more than 250 councils, nagar parishads and nagar panchayats out of 288, with BJP candidates securing 134 out of 236 council chief posts and over 3,000 councillor seats.”The Opposition levelled all kinds of allegations during the campaign, but people saw through them. Uddhav Thackeray himself said he had nothing to offer to the people and that is why his party was rejected. His party could not even win council chairperson posts in double digits,” Chavan claimed.”Now, Mumbaikars too would reject the opposition’s narrative in the upcoming BMC polls,” he said.Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the “overwhelming success” of the BJP was a “victory of the (party) workers.”This is a victory of our workers. Thank you to the people who supported the BJP by maintaining faith in its development-oriented working style,” the Union minister stated.Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule claimed the Mahayuti is headed to secure two-thirds seats.”The Mahayuti has taken a very good lead in Maharashtra and the people have rejected the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP),” he added.State minister Shivendrasinh Bhosale claimed BJP candidate Amol Mohite was elected municipal president in Satara district by 42,000 votes, an outcome that even surpassed the vote margins typically seen in assembly elections.Minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam claimed the Mahayuti had registered a clean sweep in Khed municipal council in Ratnagiri district by winning all 21 seats, including 17 seats won by Shiv Sena.The BJP has won the president’s post in four out of five local bodies in Udgir, Ahmedpur, Nilanga, and Renapur in Latur district, while its ally NCP bagged the seat in Ausa.



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