Mumbai, Nov 15 (UNI) The BJP will form a government in Maharashtra shortly the party’s state unit, chief Chandrakant Patil said here on Friday while claiming that it can count on support of 119 MLAs in the 288-member Assembly. Addressing a press conference, he said, “BJP is the single largest party, and with the support of independents our tally reaches 119. With this tally, BJP will form the government.
“We are keeping a close watch on every political development in the state,” he added. The BJP-Sena alliance, which won 161 seats, fell apart over the Sena’s demand of sharing of chief minister’s post. Speaking about the BJP’s performance in the Assembly elections, Patil said it secured 1.42 crore votes, and was in “number one” position, with the NCP second with 92 lakh votes and the Shiv Sena following with 90 lakh votes.
