The Maha Vikas Aghadi has now been reduced to a paltry 46 seats in an Assembly of 288 seats. The rival MahaYuti, on the other hand, secured a mammoth 230 seats.
Balasaheb Thorat claimed that Shiv Sena has always supported the Congress party, citing the party's support to Indira Gandhi, AR Antulay in 1980 elections and then Pratibha Patil and Pranab Mukherjee for the post of President of India