Goa, Oct. 29 -- The Maharashtra Congress took a swipe at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after party candidate Abhijeet Wanjari defeated the BJP's Sudhakar Kohale in the Nagpur Graduates' constituency in the Legislative Council elections.

Wanjari won by 3,271 votes, securing 67,231 votes against Kohale's 63,960 after more than 40 hours of counting. Following the result, the Congress claimed Fadnavis had deleted a social media post mocking the party's performance before the final results were declared.

The Congress said the Chief Minister had spoken prematurely and described the development as a political setback for the BJP in Nagpur, his hometown and a stronghold of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The controversy began after P...