Maharashtra: Independent Candidate Shivaji Patil Injured After 'Aarti' Thali Catches Fire During Victory Celebrations

Shivaji Patil defeated Nationalist Congress Party's Rajesh Patil by 2,4134 votes in the Chandgad Assembly seat.

A few women were also injured in the incident.

Source : ANI

Independent candidate Shivaji Patil, who won from the Chandgad assembly constituency, was injured in a fire incident on Saturday after his win. Some women were performing his 'aarti' at Mahgaon when a large quantity of 'gulal' fell on the plate, causing the blaze. A few women were also injured in the incident.

Shivaji Patil defeated Nationalist Congress Party's Rajesh Patil by 2,4134 votes in the Chandgad Assembly seat. Chandgad is part of the Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency, which includes five other Assembly segments: Radhanagari, Kagal, Kolhapur South, Karvir, and Kolhapur North. In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Chandgad seat was won by Rajesh Patil.

A Landslide Win For BJP-Led Mahayuti

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance retained power by winning 230 of the 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra, as the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream of wresting power fizzled. The opposition combine managed to garner just 46 seats. The Election Commission announced that the BJP has won 132 seats, the Shiv Sena won 57, while the NCP got 41 seats.

In the MVA, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidates won 10 seats, Congress won 16, while Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) won 20 seats. The Congress retained the Nanded Lok Sabha seat, with its candidate Ravindra Chavan defeating BJP's Santukrao Hambarde by 1,457 votes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who raised 'Ek Hain To Safe Hain' slogans during the campaign, called Devendra Fadanvis his "param mitra" in his speech at the BJP headquarters in Delhi on Saturday. PM Modi said Maharashtra has broken all records and it is the biggest win for any party or pre-poll alliance in the last 50 years.

The final turnout in the elections held on November 20 was 66.05 per cent, up from 61.1 per cent in 2019. Following is the party position in the outgoing assembly: BJP 105, Shiv Sena 41, NCP 40, Congress 45, Shiv Sena (UBT) 15, NCP (SP) 12, BVA 3, Samajwadi Party 2, AIMIM 2, Prahar Janshakti Party 2, MNS 1, CPM 1, PWP 1, Swabhimani Paksh 1, Rashtriya Samaj Paksh 1, Jan Surajya Shakti 1, Krantikari Shetkari Paksh 1 and Independents 13.