Nagpur, Aug. 24 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday launched a veiled attack against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and the opposition for alleging "vote theft" in the assembly elections, and said that they can't win the polls while lying to people and insulting them.

"They are just trying to console their own hearts and were attempting to tell their workers that they were indeed winning, that there was a conspiracy in their defeat, so that the workers don't scatter. Until they do self-introspection on their defeat, they won't win. Until they stop lying and insulting people, they cannot win," Fadnavis told reporters here.

His remarks come after Raj Thackeray on Saturday extended support to Lea...