Watch: Eknath Shinde’s selfie second as ‘Ladki Bahins’ propel Mahayuti to victory in Maharashtra | India Information

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde clicks selfie with girls, at an occasion in reference to Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. (ANI)

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde took a second to have fun the Mahayuti alliance’s resounding victory within the 2024 Meeting elections by acknowledging the position of the state’s girls. At an occasion associated to the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana (Ladki Bahin Scheme), Shinde clicked selfies with attendees and credited the scheme for the electoral success.
Talking to reporters yesterday, Shinde expressed gratitude saying, “I thank all my ladki bahins within the state and the brothers who voted in massive numbers for us. The voting pattern is an endorsement of our work. Each part of society supported us due to our improvement efforts.”

Opposition weighs in
NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) chief Sharad Pawar, reflecting on the election outcomes, acknowledged that girls’s participation and schemes like Ladki Bahin contributed considerably to the Mahayuti sweep. “The Ladki Bahin scheme and non secular polarisation might have performed a task. Girls’s participation in massive numbers might be the explanation for this end result,” Pawar mentioned whereas addressing reporters in Karad. Regardless of the setback, he vowed to revitalize his celebration and its management.
Pawar suffered his worst-ever political defeat, along with his faction securing solely 10 seats, in comparison with 41 seats gained by the NCP faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. The Mahayuti alliance, comprising the BJP (132 seats), Shiv Sena (57 seats), and Ajit Pawar-led NCP (41 seats), emerged victorious with 230 seats within the 288-member meeting. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi was restricted to simply 46 seats.
Concerning the Ladki Bahin scheme
Launched on Raksha Bandhan in August 2024, the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana supplies Rs 1,500 month-to-month to over one crore financially deprived girls in Maharashtra. Girls aged 21 to 65 years with annual family incomes beneath Rs 2.5 lakh are eligible.
Throughout a trial section earlier this 12 months, over 30 lakh girls acquired Rs 3,000 straight into their financial institution accounts. Impressed by Madhya Pradesh’s Ladli Behna Yojana, Shinde assured that Maharashtra’s model would proceed indefinitely.
A historic mandate
As traits solidified the Mahayuti victory, Shinde emphasised that public recognition of their improvement efforts underpinned the success. With girls rising as a key demographic, the Ladki Bahin scheme seems to have performed a pivotal position in securing the alliance’s mandate.