With early trends showing that the Bharatiya Janata Party will be winning the Maharashtra elections, celebrations began early at the party offices.
However, silence and calm outside the Congress office told a different story.
BJP supporters play the drums as they celebrate outside the party's office in Nariman Point. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Followers of the BJP were in a celebratory mood with some supporters blowing trumpets outside the party office in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Supporters of the BJP collected outside the party’s headquarters in Nariman Point, Mumbai waiting for good news. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
A Shiv Sena supporter holds a portrait of Balasaheb Thackeray as they celebrate the results, which puts them in the second spot. Photograph: Sanjay Sawant/Rediff.com
In New Delhi, supporters couldn’t hold back their glee and began early celebrations. Followers were in a merry mood, bursting firecrackers and playing music. Photograph: ANI/Twitter
The scene at the Congress office in New Delhi, however, was somber. Anticipating another loss, supporters of Priyanka Gandhi came out in huge numbers, demanding a change in leadership from Rahul to Priyanka. Photograph: PTI photo
The Congress office in Mumbai bore a deserted look, with few supporters coming out. Photograph: Deepak Salvi
