Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday trained guns at Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and said they have accepted their defeat ahead of the state Assembly elections. "Congress and NCP have already accepted their defeat. "They know that for the next 15-20 years they will have to sit as the opposition," Fadnavis said. In a Bollywood reference, Fadnavis compared NCP leader Sharad Pawar to the 'jailor' played by Asrani in the movie 'Sholay'. The Assembly polls in Maharashtra is scheduled to take place on October 21 and the votes will be counted on October 24.

Source: dna October 11, 2019 00:45 UTC