00:00Okay, let's turn from there to the MLC elections that in Maharashtra in particular have created a bit of a
00:06stir.
00:06Because remember, here out of the five seats, the opposition Vikas Agadi has won three of them,
00:13including a victory for the sitting Congress candidate in Nagpur,
00:16the home turf of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
00:21While the opposition is hailing the verdict, the ruling party seems to be now,
00:26ruling NDA seems to be split over just what went wrong.
00:30Take a look.
00:41Five seats, three wins for the opposition, two for the ruling alliance in the Maharashtra MLC ports.
00:48While the Maharashtra Vikas Agadi won all three graduate constituencies,
00:52the Mahayuti clinched the two teachers' constituencies.
00:56Here is the breakup.
00:58The BJP won Pune teachers, Eknath Shindes, Shiv Sena retained Amravati teachers.
01:03The NCP led by Ajit Pawar failed to open its account,
01:07losing the Chhatrapati-Sambhajinagar graduates' seat to Sharad Pawar's party.
01:12NCP-SP also won Aurangabad graduates and the Congress won Nagpur graduates.
01:18The results have put the spotlight on the discord within the Mahayuti.
01:22In the seat-sharing arrangement, BJP had got three seats and Shiv Sena and NCP won each.
01:28But the Sena had wanted a bigger share.
01:31In Pune teachers' constituency, though the Sena withdrew its candidate,
01:36the party backed Independent Sachin Sanab,
01:39a former aide to Industries Minister Uday Samad,
01:42against the BJP's Kostab Gawadi.
01:45Though the BJP won the seat,
01:47the episode raised questions about coordination within the ruling alliance.
02:10In Pune graduates, BJP fielded Smita Jadav over ruling claims by Sena and NCP.
02:16She lost the seat to NCP-SP candidate Harshida Deshmukh Jadav.
02:32NCP-SP candidate Dr. Pratap Sin Patil defeated sitting MLC Satish Chawan
02:38of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP in Aurangabad graduates' constituency.
02:43Here, local leaders of Shinde Sena had indicated support to the opposition candidate
02:47before the top leadership stepped in and restored order.
02:51The most dramatic contest unfolded in Nagpur graduates,
02:55the home turf of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
02:57and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
03:00BJP candidate Sudhakar Kohale initially led Congress incumbent Abhijit Wanjari.
03:06But after an extended counting progress,
03:09Wanjari emerged victorious through the transfer of preference votes.
03:13Wanjari secured 67,231 votes against Kohale's 63,960,
03:21winning by 3,271 votes.
03:24S.A.R.A.S.E.S.
04:09Now, allegations emerging that not a single partner supported each other during voting time
04:16and even during political rallies, interestingly,
04:19now questions are being raised on their coordination
04:22and the coalition in Mahayuti Alliance.
04:24And that is why blame game has started in Maharashtra.
04:28With camera person Raju Revankar, this is Omkar Wabla, India Today, Mumbai.
