New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday congratulated the leaders of the Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra for sweeping the state's local body polls, as the Bharatiya Janata Party claimed it won more than 150 seats across the state, and had 3,300 corporators get elected.

Union Minister Shah also thanked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, and all the workers of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

"Thanks to the people of the state for giving overwhelming support to the Mahayuti in the Maharashtra Nagar Panchayat and Nagar Parishad elections. This victory is the people's blessings on the vision of the welfare of every section under the central and state governments of the ND...