Congress always pulls down its allies: AAP

All ministers of the Mahayuti, who were in the fray, won. 

Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar, and state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule also emerged victorious. Shiv Sena-UBT leaders Aaditya Thackeray and Varun Sardesai won from Mumbai. 

Sardesai defeated NCP candidate Zeeshan Siddique from the Vandre East constituency. 

Former Maharashtra CM and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan, Congress Legislature Party leader Balasaheb Thorat, AICC incharge of Goa, Manikrao Thakre, Shiv Sena contestant Shaina NC and MNS debutant candidate Amit Thackeray bit the dust. 

Former Union minister minister Milind Deora was defeated by Aaditya Thackeray from Worli seat. 

NCP-SP nominee Yugendra Pawar, grandnephew of Sharad Pawar, was trounced by Ajit Pawar in the Baramati constituency. 

In Nashik district, Independent candidate Sameer Bhujbal, who had quit the NCP to contest from Nandgaon seat, lost to Shiv Sena candidate. 

Among debutants, Sreejaya Chavan, daughter of ex-CM Ashok Chavan, won on the BJP ticket from Bhokar seat in Nanded district. -- PTI

AAP national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said that the Congress "pulls down" its alliance parties. It further added that even Jharkhand Mukti Morcha made certain statements mentioning that they were unhappy with the Congress party. 

"Congress always pulls down its alliance parties. The 99 seats that we won in the 2024 Lok Sabha election were achieved by a combined effort. They need to take their alliance parties with them. AAP takes every election seriously and works on the ground. Every party worker keeps working till booth level. JMM also gave some statements that they were very unhappy with the Congress," Kakkar said. 

She further said that a lot of hardwork is needed to defeat the BJP. Kakkar also alleged that CM Hemant Soren was "harassed" by the BJP using ED and CBI. 

"A lot of hard work is needed to defeat the BJP. They are a very powerful party. They have ED, CBI and money. It is wrong to take any election against them lightly. Hemant Soren had to face a lot of harassment at BJP's hands. ED and CBI were used against him and the BJP tried his best to break his party. At one point, it seemed that the BJP won but the public sidelined with him. AAP is also with him," she added. -- ANI

Some women who were in the procession have also been injured, the eyewitness said. 

The video of the incident has gone viral on social media. 

When the women were performing 'aarti' of Shivaji Patil at Mahgaon, a large quantity of gulal' fell from a crane onto their 'aarti' plates causing a blaze, he said. 

Along with Shivaji Patil, a few women also sustained burns, he added. 

Shivaji Patil defeated NCP's Rajesh Patil by 24134 votes in Chandgad in western Maharashtra. -- PTI

Taking to social media on Saturday, the 57-year-old musician shared a three-page legal notice addressing those spreading defamatory and "objectionable" content targeting him and his family. 

"Notice to all slanderers from ARR's Legal Team," Rahman wrote on X. It comes days after Rahman and Saira Banu announced that they are ending their marriage of 29 years. 

The notice provides a 24-hour window for the removal of such content, stating that failure to comply could result in legal consequences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 

"My client informs the hatemongers and sharers of abusive contents to remove the objectionable content within the next one hour and a maximum time duration of 24 hours," read the notice. 

Rahman's legal team said the actions of these individuals not only tarnish his reputation but also cause distress to his family. 

Rahman and Banu tied the knot in 1995 and share three children-- daughters Khatija, Raheema, and son Ameen. -- PTI

The 15 comprise eight from the BJP, four from Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and three from Shinde's Shiv Sena. 

No candidate from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi won this handsomely, though some managed to have victory margins of 90,000 votes. 

The BJP's Kashiram Vechan Pawara won from Shirpur by a margin of 145944 votes, while the party's Shivendraraje Bhonsale defeated his nearest rival in Satara by 1.42 lakh votes. 

Other BJP candidates who won with more than one lakh votes are Kewalram Kale (106,859 votes from Melghat), Dilip Borse (129,297 votes from Baglan), Sanjay Upadhyay (100,257 votes from Borivali), Shankar Jagtap (103,865 votes from Chinchwad), Chandrakant Patil (112,041 votes from Kothrud) and Krishan Khopde (115288 votes from Nagpur East). 

Ajit Pawar defeated his nephew and NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar by 100,899 votes in Baramati, though this was less than the 1.65 lakh vote victory margin of the NCP leader in the 2019 polls. Sunil Shelke (108,565 votes from Maval), Ashutosh Kale (124,624 votes from Kopargaon), and Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde (140,224 votes from Parli) were others from Ajit Pawar's party who managed to get into the 1-lakh victory margin club. 

CM Shinde won from the Kopri-Pachpakhadi Assembly constituency with a margin of 159,060 votes, while his party's candidate from Ovala-Majiwada constituency Pratap Sarnaik won by 108,158 votes. 

Shinde's cabinet colleague Dada Bhuse won from Malegaon Outer constituency by 106,606 votes. -- PTI