Maharashtra Industries Minister and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader Uday Samant expressed confidence that the NDA will form the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain his power. He also claimed that the Mahayuti alliance would win all the seats in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), reported news agency PTI.

"The NDA will form the government and Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister again. Congress first said they would not participate in the exit poll debates, but when we said that they had already lost, they decided to participate in the debates out of shame. However, they are bound to lose," Uday Samant said, reported PTI.