Mumbai, February 12 Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday praised party workers for their excellent performance in the local body elections in Maharashtra, saying that even a "flood of money could not break the wall of loyalty".
He expressed hope that things would change and "tomorrow will be ours".
"You have done a remarkable job. You have achieved success in difficult times. There was a lot of money involved, but that could not break the wall of loyalty. Tomorrow will be ours," he said.
The BJP-led Mahayuti won the Zilla Parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Maharashtra, the results of which were declared on Monday, continuing the winning streak that began with the stellar performance in the 2024 assembly elections.
The Mahayuti won 552 of the 731 ZP seats and more than 1000 of the 1462 panchayat samiti seats. The BJP led with 225 ZP seats, followed by 165 for the Nationalist Congress Party and 162 for the Shiv Sena.
In the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Congress emerged on top with 55 ZP seats, followed by 43 for the Shiv Sena (UBT) and 26 for Sharad Pawar's NCP (SP). The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena won one seat each in Latur and Ratnagiri.