Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | Ladki Bahin scheme, religious polarisation may have played role: Sharad Pawar on Maha Yuti victory

Responding to a query on EVMs, a day after Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut expressed doubts over the massive verdict in Maha Yuti's favour, Pawar said he would speak about EVMs only if he has official data.

NCP (SP) Chief Sharad Pawar.

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Mumbai: Despite receiving a severe jolt at the recently concluded Maharashtra elections, NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that he was 'not going to sit at home'.

According to him, the Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme, a large participation on behalf of women, polarisation and communal twist, played a major role in the landslide win of the ruling Maha Yuti.

Pawar said, “Yesterday the results came out and today I am in Karad. I am not going to sit at home. Those who were demoralised would have sat at home”.

Responding to some leaders of the Ajit Pawar-led NC who were asking him to retire, the 83-year-old said, “They cannot decide what I should do. My colleagues and I will decide that.”

“Women’s participation in large numbers could be a key reason for the Maha Yuti sweep in Maharashtra. We will study the reasons for the debacle and take necessary steps," he said.

“We will study the results when details come out. We will go to people again,” he said and added that without any details he would not like to comment on EVMs.

Pawar also defended the decision to field Yugendra Pawar from Baramati against Ajit Pawar. "The NCP has performed well and there is nothing wrong with accepting it.

He said the MVA was more confident after achieving success in Lok Sabha elections, adding that more work needs to be done.

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Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls took place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP went up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress tried to make their mark. Maha Yuti are currently comfortably poised to win. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faced a challenge after Hemant Soren's arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP, but look set to retain power with its I.N.D.I.A. allies. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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