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Leader Online Desk: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has accepted the responsibility for the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. He has also requested the party leaders to release him from the post of Deputy Chief Minister for the preparation of upcoming assembly elections. BJP leader Amit Shah had a discussion with Devendra Fadnavis over phone today. Meanwhile, . With Fadnavis ready to step down as Deputy Chief Minister, political events have picked up speed.
What did Fadnavis say?
Taking responsibility for BJP's defeat in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has shown his readiness to resign from the post of Deputy Chief Minister. For this, permission has been sought from the central leadership to resign from the post of Deputy Chief Minister. He said in a press conference on Wednesday (5th) that if the leadership gives permission, he can campaign full-time for the assembly elections (BJP).
We fell behind by only half a percent
This time, Fadnavis said that the BJP alone has won more than the Mahavikas Aghadi in the Lok Sabha elections. BJP and other parties are forming the government. In Maharashtra, we got less success than expected in the Lok Sabha elections. In Maharashtra, the Mahavikas Aghadi got 43 percent votes. So, we fell behind by only half a percent. In this Mahavikas Aghadi got 2 crore 50 lakh votes. While Mahayuti got 2 crore 48 lakh votes. In Mumbai, the Mahavikas Aghadi won more seats than the Mahayuti.
Our 8 seats fell with only 4 percent votes
While classifying the votes in the 2019 and 2024 elections, Devendra Fadnavis said that in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP got 27.84 percent votes. So, in this year's election, BJP got 26.17 percent votes. So, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress got 16.41 17 percent. In this 13 seats were elected. In Maharashtra, there were tight elections in some places, in which our 8 seats fell with 4 percent votes.
