Maha BJP chief says party will form govt soon

November 15, 2019 19:20

The Bharatiya Janata Party will form a government in Maharashtra soon, the party's state unit chief Chandrakant Patil said on Friday, claiming that it can count on support of 119 MLAs in the 288-member assembly.

Patil's statement came even as its estranged ally Shiv Sena and rivals Congress and Nationalist Congress Party appeared to be inching closer towards finalising an alliance to form government.

Patil claimed that the BJP, which won 105 seats in the October 21 elections, has the support of some Independents, which takes its tally to 119.

Addressing a press conference, he said, "BJP is the single largest party, and with the support of Independents our tally reaches 119. With this tally, BJP will form the government.

"We are keeping a close watch on every political development in the state," he added.

The BJP-Sena alliance, which won 161 seats, fell apart over the Sena's demand of sharing of chief minister's post.

Speaking about the BJP's performance in the assembly elections, Patil said it secured 1.42 crore votes, and was in 'number one' position, with the NCP second with 92 lakh votes and the Shiv Sena following with 90 lakh votes.

Except the BJP, no party had been able to win more than 100 seats in Maharashtra since 1990, and his party had done it on a trot in 2014 and 2019, Patil pointed out.

"Our performance on all fronts is number one, as we won 105 seats after contesting 164 seats. On 52 seats, we came second," he added.

The BJP also boasts of highest number of women MLAs (12) along with seven Scheduled Caste and nine Scheduled Tribe legislators, he said. -- PTI

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

IPL PIX: Jadeja hits fifty but Dhoni steals the show

Images from the IPL 2024 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings.

Phase 1 sees 62.37% voter turnout, final figures on Saturday

"The voting percentage is likely to go upwards when reports from all polling stations are obtained as polling is scheduled till 6 pm in many constituencies. Final figures will be known on Saturday after the scrutiny of form 17A," the EC...

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar fails to qualify for Olympics in vault

Dipa Karmakar claimed a creditable fourth place in the women's vault final at the FIG Apparatus World Cup.

Using children in pornography a matter of serious concern, an offence too: SC

The observations came from a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice J B Pardiwala while reserving the verdict on an appeal filed by NGOs -- Just Rights for Children Alliance of Faridabad and New Delhi-based Bachpan Bachao...

India's free style wrestlers miss out on Olympic qualification

Aman Sehrawat missed out on securing a berth for the Paris Games after losing his semi-final at the Asian Olympic Qualifier.