BOMBAY: India's Congress-led alliance held onto power in the nation's richest state, Maharashtra, after winning the most seats yesterday in assembly elections and dealing a humiliating defeat to the opposition Hindu nationalists.
The results were seen as the first verdict on the popularity of the national left-backed Congress government, which took office in May after the shock poll ouster of the Hindu nationalist-led Bharatiya Janata Party coalition.
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