Last updated:November 24, 2024, 12:09 PM IST

The Congress suffered a major setback in the Maharashtra election where it secured only 16 seats while the Uddhav Sena won 20 seats.

Maharashtra Assembly Election Results (PTI Image)

Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora, who lost the Maharashtra assembly election from Worli to Aaditya Thackeray, claimed on Sunday that while in the Congress, he had earlier warned the party against allying with Uddhav Thackeray in 2019 for “ministerial berths and short-term gains”. “.

He said the grand old party’s move would have hurt it in the long run.

Reacting to the massive defeat of the Congress in the polls where the party secured only 16 seats in the 288-seat assembly, Deora, who switched to the Shiv Sena in January this year, said the Congress “sacrificed everything” for some seats in the ministry and several of these ministers continued with losing the polls yesterday.

“For those asking my reaction to Congress’ bitter defeat: In 2019, I warned against allying with UBT, knowing it would hurt the party in the long run. For 12 MVA ministerial berths and short-term gains, Congress sacrificed everything. The irony? Many of these ministers lost yesterday,” he said in a post.