Maha BJP will hit century: Fadnavis

MAHARASHTRA Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday expressed confidence in the BJP winning 100 seats on its own in the forthcoming assembly elections in November.

He attributed his confidence to the slew of development projects his government initiated across the state.

Fadnavis was speaking at the first edition of The New Indian Express' Mumbai Dialogues a platform for exchange of ideas on politics, economy and other social issues - in Mumbai.

However, Opposition leaders did not share Fadnavis' optimism. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray shared his concern over Maharashtra losing several development and job-generating projects to Gujarat during the current regime.

The event was also attended by Congress MLA and Maharashtra Congress incharge Ramesh Chennithala, Rajya Sabha member of Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) Milind Deora and film director Kiran Rao.