NEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Ek Hain to Safe Hain’ rhetoric in his first reaction after mahayuti’s sweeping victory in Maharashtra assembly election.
Taking to X, Fadnavis said, “Ek hain to safe hain. Modi hai to mumkin hai.”
As of the latest election commission data, the BJP-led Mahayuti is on track to retain power in Maharashtra, leading in 217 of the 288 assembly seats.
Assembly Election Results
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is struggling, with its candidates leading in just 50 seats.
Fadnavis, 54, is currently leading from Nagpur South West constituency, by more than 19,000 votes, the latest data from EC website said.
Union minister Amit Shah called up CM Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to congratulate them.
Meanwhile, incumbent CM Eknath Shinde thanked voters of Maharashtra for the landslide victory and said that just as the alliance fought the elections together, they will collectively decide on the CM face once the final results are declared.
“Let the final results come in… Then, in the same way as we fought elections together, all three parties will sit together and take a decision (on who will be the CM),” Shinde said.
“I thank the voters of Maharashtra. This is a landslide victory. I had said before that Mahayuti will get a thumping victory. I thank all sections of society and all the workers of the Mahayuti parties,” he added.
Celebrations have also started in Baramati, where Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar is leading by 15,382 votes. Supporters were seen bursting crackers to mark the moment.
At Devagiri, Nationalist Congress Party’s National president and Ajit Dada Pawar, National Working president MP Praful Patel, and state president MP Sunil Tatkare were also seen participating in the celebrations.
