Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the outcome of the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana would not have any impact on the opposition INDIA bloc.
The ruling front in Maharashtra has however made the most of INDIA’s predicament. Mr. Pawar’s nephew, the rebel NCP leader and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, and CM Eknath Shinde said the Congress and the INDIA alliance would soon be blaming electronic voting machines (EVMS) for their defeats.
CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said the rout in the ‘Hindi heartland’ of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, showed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “charisma remained intact.”