CM Shinde Sena party workers celebrate

Meanwhile, CM Shinde claimed that the opposition`s propaganda that the NDA would change the Constitution and the delay in announcing candidates cost NDA

CM Shinde said the vote bank politics of the opposition had affected the BJP-led NDA`s performance

CM Shinde also attributed delays in announcing candidates in some seats to the setbacks in some constituencies

"The vote bank politics also affected us," CM Shinde said on Tuesday

CM Shinde has managed to clinch his stronghold Thane, where he fielded his close aide Naresh Mhaske