Mumbai, Nov 24 (Reporter) NCP-AP president Ajit Pawar was elected as the group leader of party in a meeting of newly elected party MLAs held at his Deogiri bungalow here on Sunday. The Mahayuti comprising BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde), NCP-AP has registered a historic, record-breaking victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections and retained power. The Chief Minister's Ladki Bahin Yojana was a game-changer for Mahayuti due to higher women's turnout in election, up by seven percent in this election as compared to 2019 elections, and this donation of votes from the women propelled the Mahayuti to win with a resounding majority, upsetting the game of opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The call for Hindu unity with slogans like 'Batenge to Katenge', 'Ek Hai to Safe Hai' also went in favour of the Mahayuti across the state. As a result, the Mahayuti won 230 assembly seats, surpassing the magical majority figure of 145. The BJP was major gainer by winning the highest-ever 132 seats, followed by Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena with 57 seats and Ajit Pawar's NCP with 41 seats...////...