India, Jan. 14 -- As campaigning for the civic body elections, to be held on January 15, came to an end on Tuesday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis projected optimism about the outcome. He spoke to the media about the Mahayuti's future plans for the state, and how despite floating a purported fake narrative, the Opposition actually "put up a weak fight".

Excerpts from the interview:

After holding 77 rallies and road shows across the state, what is your assessment about voters' sensibilities?

Mahayuti is winning major municipal corporations, including Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and Nashik with a comfortable majority, while in at least 26 bodies, the mayor will be from either of the three ruling parties. I do not want to name the re...