Nagpur, Dec. 21 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday thanked the people of the state for putting their trust in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Mahayuti alliance and giving them a decisive victory in the local body polls which concluded recently.

"First of all, I thank the people of Maharashtra. The people of the state have given massive support to the BJP and the Mahayuti. I had already predicted that out of all the municipal council chairpersons elected, 75% would be from the Mahayuti, and the people have delivered exactly that verdict. It has also become clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party is the number one party," he said in a press conference in Nagpur.

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