Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 23 : After winning from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Saturday thanked the people of the area for bestowing their trust in him.
Azmi claimed that a lot of rumours and narratives were spread regarding drugs and crime to cut the votes.
"I am very happy and the victory would have been with a margin of 35,000 votes but to cut the votes a lot of rumours and narratives were spread that there is a lot of drugs and crime in the area...People rejected NCP leader Nawab Malik...I thank the public for bestowing their trust in me," he said.
Azmi won the Maharashtra polls from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar with 54780 votes and defeated All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen's Ateeque Ahmad Khan with 12753 votes. NCP leader Nawab Malik also lost the polls.
Mahayuti is ahead on 288 seats in the Maharashtra assembly. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi is leading on 49 seats.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that people of Maharashtra have given Mahayuti an "unprecedented victory" and there "will be no dispute on CM face".
"The people of Maharashtra have given us an unprecedented victory. This shows that people are with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In line with the slogan he gave 'ek hain toh safe hain', people from all sections and communities voted for us unitedly...," Fadnavis told reporters here.
"This is the victory of Mahayuti, CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and Ramdas Athawale, this is the victory of unity...," he added.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde thanked the BJP central leadership for their support in Maharashtra campaign.
"I thank all the workers of Mahayuti. PM Modi, Amit Shah bhai, Nadda ji - all supported us. They gave priority to Maharashtra. I am proud that I have been proven right about what I had said that we will win 200 seats. We (Mahayuti) fought like a team."