New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine on Thursday conceded defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections after trends showed that the Congres-led alliance was ahead.
"If it is a defeat, it has to be accepted by everybody," said Shiv Sena leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi in Delhi.
"We are thinking as to how these results have come. We never expected these results," he said.
Initial trends showed that the ruling Congress-NCP combine leading in 119 seats, while Shiv Sena-BJP combine ahead in 92 seats.
Asked about the reasons behind the performance of the combine in the state, BJP state president Nitin Gadkari said, "If there is a defeat, it is a defeat of everybody. If it is a victory, it is everybody's victory. I don't want to blame anybody for the defeat."
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