Mumbai . Senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said his party’s defeat was “shocking” and termed it the “worst ever performance” in the state assembly elections. Speaking to PTI, Chavan said the ‘Mahayuti’ government’s ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’ to provide financial assistance to women was liked by the voters in rural areas, while polarization helped the opposition Mahavikas Aghadi (Maha Vikas Aghadi) in the urban areas of the state. affected the prospects of MVA).
“It is difficult to say whether there was a wave or rigging,” said Chavan, who lost from Karad South seat. The results of the November 20 elections for the state’s 288-member Assembly were declared on Saturday. Many big leaders of MVA including Chavan lost the elections. Congress, which contested 101 seats as part of the MVA, recorded its worst defeat by winning only 16 seats.
Chavan said he expected to win the Karad South seat in Satara district by 5,000 to 6,000 votes. But, he said all the MVA candidates in the district lost by a margin of around 40,000 votes. According to the results declared by the Election Commission on Saturday, BJP’s Atul Bhosale defeated former chief minister Chavan in Karad South by a margin of 39,355 votes. Chavan said that in the 1977 Lok Sabha elections, Congress had got 20 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra, which was the lowest. “This is a shocking defeat and the worst performance ever in assembly elections,” he said.
