A setback for the BJP in the Nagpur graduates’ constituency in the Maharashtra MLC election results 2026 has triggered a public blame game within the ruling Mahayuti alliance, with BJP leaders accusing the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena of undermining its allies in the Legislative Council elections.

In the Maharashtra MLC election results 2026, the Mahayuti won two of the five teachers’ and graduates’ constituency seats, while the Opposition – Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – secured three.

The defeat in Nagpur, a BJP stronghold that houses the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters, proved particularly embarrassing for the party after Fadnavis posted a jibe referring to the Congress as “Big Fat Zero”.

The chief minister later deleted the post after Congress candidate Abhijit Vanjari emerged victorious.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Fadnavis over their social media remarks, saying it was unbecoming of the prime minister to ridicule the country’s principal…