'Lies and deceit suffered a crushing defeat': PM Modi on Mahayuti's landslide win in Maharashtra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that with Mahayuti's win in Maharashtra, negative and dynastic politics has lost its place in the state, adding that development and good governance have emerged victorious today.

"Development, good governance and social justice have won in Maharashtra. Lies and deceit have suffered a crushing defeat," PM Modi said.

The prime minister also noted the contributions made by Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar in Mahayuti's historic win in Maharashtra. "This is the biggest win in the past 50 years of any pre-poll alliance," PM Modi said.

He added, "BJP has got more seats than Congress and its allies. Maharashtra is the sixth state in the country which has given mandate to BJP three times in a row."

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Mahayuti, the alliance made of BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde) and NCP (AP), has won 234 out of 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra while MVA could only win 50 seats.

Highlighting BJP's performance in the state, the Indian prime minister said that the party alone has won more seats than the entire Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. The saffron party has secured 132 seats while Shiv Sena and NCP have won 57 and 41 seats respectively.

Furthering Mahayuti's Ek hai toh safe hain rhetoric, PM Modi said, "After Haryana, the biggest message of this election is unity. 'Ek hain toh safe hain' has become the 'maha-mantra' of the country."

'Big blow to Congress eco-system'

Taking potshots at the Opposition, especially Congress, Modi said, "This is a strong blow to the thinking of the entire eco-system of Congress and INDI alliance, which was running an agenda to divide the society."

"The entire world respects our culture today because we respect it now. And in the next five years, Maharashtra will move ahead with the mantra of 'vikas bhi virasat bhi'. The INDI alliance, meanwhile, has failed to accept the reality. The country's voters don't want instability and are with those who support the mantra of 'nation first'," he added.