Despite losing power nearly four months ago, the Opposition Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) claim to have made huge gains while the ruling ally Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single-largest .
The elections were held to 1,079 of the total 1,165 Gram Panchayats (DPs) where the Maha Vikas Aghadi has claimed to have trumped the ruling BJP-Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena combine, based on the purported political affiliations of the winning candidates.Howe
The 'khoke' (crore) row continued to rock Maharashtra politics for the fifth straight day with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's group and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) targeting each other, here on Thursday.The Shinde Group legislators .