State BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said Maharashtra was committed to bring in a stringent law against ‘love jihad’ “The law will be one of the best in the country. Govt is taking several measures, and the party is also contributing to it,” he said. He said Mahayuti would try to capitalize on the goodwill among voters, thanks to the schemes started by state and central govts. The elections to 13,000 seats of local self-governing bodies and 27,000 sarpanch and deputy sarpach positions will be held over the next two years. The alliance had the support of 3.5 crore voters in the assembly elections and will contest as one unit in the elections, he said, adding, “We are sure we will win 100% of the seats,’ he said in a speech to a divisional-level workshop of party office-bearers. He allayed fears about the huge influx of workers from other parties and whether they would be given tickets, saying preference will be given to those with elective merit.
