The vote share of Congress, which had won 13 Parliamentary seats in Maharashtra this June, declined by almost 5 percentage points to 12.05 per cent now from 16.9 per cent during Lok Sabha polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the Mahayuti alliance for the historic sweep of Maharashtra, and warned those who in the pursuit of "opportunistic politics" lose sight of their core values.

Addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters on November 23 after the assembly election victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Maharashtra has broken all records and “it is the biggest win for any party or pre-poll alliance in last 50 years”.

The BJP is on cloud nine. The saffron party seems poised to win 130 seats on its own, with its allies taking its alliance’s tally well above the majority mark. Devendra Fadnavis, who is seen as a frontrunner for the Maharashtra chief minister post,

After Haryana, Maharashtra has also sent a message of 'ek hain toh safe hain'. This has becomes a 'mahamantra for the country,” the prime minister said during his address at

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath celebrated the BJP-led NDA's lead in seven out of nine Lok Sabha by-polls, attributing the victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. While he invoked his campaign slogan "batenge to katenge" for Uttar Pradesh,