Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis addressing a press conference after the BJP's spectacular results in the civic body polls. To chants of Bharat Mata Ki Jai by party workers, Fadnavis credits the results of the 'win' to the "PM Narendra Modi's guidance'.  "I thank the people of Maharashtra, it's an unprecedented victory," says Fadnavis

"The way PM Modi has started the trend of transparency in India, am thankful people of Maharashtra have accepted that. This huge victory for BJP is on the agenda of transparency," Fadnavis said. "But theres a tie for number one spot," he added. 


"We won 31 seats previously, and now 81 which is a quantum jump. We lost 20 seats with very less margin. There's been a good show in the Zilla Parishad polls too. Out of 9, will form govt in 8 civic bodies on our own -- Nagpur, Amravati, Akola, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Ulhasnagar, Solapur, Nashik. I don't think of myself as a king, I think of myself as a worker," says Fadnavis.

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, whose son won, doesn't rule out an alliance with former ally Shiv Sena. "The Shiv Sena and Congress joined hands even before the elections. In UP, too, Congress joined hands with SP. Will Congress now help Shiv Sena just to stop Mumbai BJP?" asks Kirit Somaiya.