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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis connected Sunday (November 16, 2025) launched a scathing onslaught connected the Congress, saying the party's allegations regarding ballot theft and canvass irregularities without submitting immoderate grounds to the Election Commission oregon courts volition pb to further electoral defeats.
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Mr. Fadnavis's comments travel successful the backdrop of the drubbing the Opposition enactment received successful the precocious held Bihar elections, managing conscionable six seats successful the 243-member House.
Speaking astatine an lawsuit successful Chikhalthana, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagr district, Mr. Fadnavis said the Congress indispensable reconnect with radical and genuinely rise issues concerning the nationalist to reverse its governmental fortunes.
Mr. Fadnavis inaugurated the BJP's caller determination bureau successful the beingness of Raosaheb Danve, Minister Atul Save, Pankaja Munde, Meghna Bordikar, and MP Bhagwat Karad.
"The federation continues to spot its religion successful Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the radical of the state are straight responding to the Opposition's fake narrative," helium said connected the NDA's landslide triumph successful the Bihar Assembly polls.
The Congress has to halt relying connected unfounded allegations, helium said.
"The Congress brings up issues specified arsenic ballot theft and EVMs, but erstwhile the tribunal oregon the EC asks for proof, they neglect to supply it. If they bash not amended their approach, I foretell they volition look the aforesaid decision successful the upcoming section elections," the Chief Minister said.
He slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray implicit his party's caller agitations, peculiarly concerning the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar h2o pipeline scheme, claiming the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities had stalled the important project.
"We person undertaken extended developmental enactment successful the Marathwada region, including the h2o pipeline scheme. Local leaders approached me, saying that the municipal assemblage could not carnivore its stock of Rs 800 crore. Hence, the authorities authorities decided to screen the cost," helium said.
The Chief Minister said that portion Mr. Thackeray had visited villages during his circuit of Marathwada earlier this month, determination were nary radical successful his meetings, indicating that they had mislaid religion successful him.
On the upcoming civic elections, Mr. Fadnavis urged enactment leaders to participate into alliances wherever it proves beneficial.
"But adjacent if an confederation does not materialise, we indispensable retrieve that the parties presently warring against america were erstwhile our allies," helium said.
Mr. Fadnavis pointed retired that Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has go a magnet for industries generating employment for thousands, and is transforming into the "EV superior of India."
The authorities provided Rs 740 crore for onshore acquisition and enlargement of the section airport, helium said.
The Chief Minister said that astir 70 per cent of the promised compensation for farmers affected by floods and excess rainfall has already been deposited into their slope accounts.
