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The BJP-led Mahayuti has swept the Maharashtra Assembly polls with an awesome mandate of 230 retired of 288 seats connected the backmost of, among different factors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s rallies marked by the slogans “Ek hain toh harmless hain” and “Batenge toh katenge”.
The BJP won 132 seats, the Shiv Sena 57 and the NCP 41, whereas the Maha Vikas Aghadi was reduced to 16 seats won by the Congress, 20 seats of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the 10 seats of the NCP (SP). The smaller parties and independents won 12 seats.
The premier curate held 11 nationalist rallies successful Dhule City, Nashik, Akola, Nanded, Pune, Solapur City Central, Chimur, Amravati, Pavel, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Mumbai.
Of these, lone Akola (West) did not spell to the BJP’s kitty arsenic Congress campaigner Sajjid Khan Pathan defeated the saffron party’s Vijay Kamalkishor Agrawal to triumph the seat.
A BJP functionary said, “When the PM holds a nationalist rally, its interaction transcends beyond 1 constituency. Through eleven constituencies, the PM’s rallies person straight oregon indirectly impacted 106 constituencies.”
Out of these 106, lone 20 constituencies went to the Opposition.
At the concluding rally held astatine Shivaji Park, Mahayuti candidates from each the 36 constituencies successful Mumbai shared the signifier with Modi. Among these, the BJP won 15, Shiv Sena six and the NCP 1 seats, whereas the Opposition Sena (UBT) bagged 10 and the Congress 3 seats.
This is successful crisp opposition with the Lok Sabha polls, wherever the BJP mislaid each the 18 constituencies wherever Modi had addressed predetermination rallies.
State BJP main Chandrashekhar Bawankule said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the person radical person reposed spot in. They spot successful him a visionary who is development-oriented.”
While “Viksit Maharashtra, Viksit Bharat 2047” was the BJP’s catchline, the predetermination run was successful effect centred connected a Hindutva pitch.
Modi’s “Ek hain toh harmless hain” slogan, aimed astatine unifying the 353 castes oregon sub-castes of the Other Backward Classes, yielded immense returns for the BJP and its allies.
Throughout the campaign, Adityanath harped connected however a divided nine did not augur good for the radical of Maharashtra and India, with his “Batenge toh katenge” slogan repeated successful each predetermination rally with a wide purpose to consolidate Hindu votes.
Adityanath besides addressed 11 rallies—in Washim, Teosa, Murtizapur, Akola West, Achalpur, Nagpur, Karanja, Mira-Bhayander, Kolhapur, Karad North and Bhosari. Except successful Akola (West), these rallies proved beneficial for the BJP and its allies.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah besides campaigned extensively crossed the state, addressing 16 rallies covering 38 constituencies, which the Mahayuti has won.
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