Maharashtra Assembly Elections: CM Eknath Shinde Predicts 'Thumping Majority for Mahayuti'

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday expressed confidence that Mahayuti government will get a thumping majority as people will vote for development and work done by his dispensation.

Shinde, who hes ruling Shiv Sena and seeking his re-election from Kopri-Pachpakhi assembly constituency in Thane, was talking to reporters after casting his vote along with his family members, including his MP son Shrikant Shinde.

He said election is a festival of democracy that will take Maharashtra towards a brighter future and make India an economic superpower.

Shinde urged voters across state to actively participate in electoral process.

"This festival is our opportunity to take part in building a stronger Maharashtra. Every citizen should fulfil duty to vote. I humbly request everyone to cast vote and make our democracy prosperous. We must ensure a high voter turnout today," he said.

"People have seen ir (Maha Vikas Aghi's) two-and-a-half years of rule vis-a-vis work done by us in same amount of time. People will vote for development and for work done by us," Shinde said.

"We restarted development work that was stalled...In last five years, people have seen our path of development. y know who has truly worked for state's progress," he said.

Shinde said people know welfare schemes implemented by his government for women, youth, farmers and senior citizens.

" Mahayuti government will win with a thumping majority," Shinde said.

chief minister said in 2019 people saw that a government was formed in a wrong way, contrary to ir expectations. People have not forgotten that, he said.

Shinde was referring to n Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray joining hands with Congress and National Congress Party after Shiv Sena- BJP won 2019 assembly polls.

Voting makes democracy stronger, he said, and urged people to vote in large numbers.

Shinde's rebellion against leership of Uddhav Thackeray led to a split in Shiv Sena, and also to collapse of Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghi (MVA) government in June 2022. 

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