Ncp Alliance: BJP-Sena-NCP alliance shines in Maharashtra rural polls, big gains for Ajit | India News

PUNE/NASHIK/KOLHAPUR: The mood in Maharashtra’s ruling camp was upbeat on Monday after the gram panchayat election results showed the Mahayuti alliance — BJP, Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar faction of NCP — was way ahead of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, bagging 1,350 of the 2,359 gram panchayats that went to polls on Sunday.The results were still to be updated at the time of going to press.

The split in NCP hurt the Sharad Pawar camp as they won in just 178 rural bodies, while the Ajit Pawar faction won 371 gram panchayats. BJP reigned supreme with victories in 743 gram panchayats, while chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena secured 240 panchayats. Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao-led BRS, which has recently entered Maharashtra politics, made an impressive debut winning 53 gram panchayats.