Maharashtra, Haryana poll results will impact Modi govt's stability: Chavan

Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has said that Haryana and Maharashtra will see a change of government after assembly elections, and it will have consequences for the stability of the BJP-led coalition government at the Centre too.

In an exclusive interview to PTI on Thursday, Chavan also claimed that women in Maharashtra will not vote for the BJP merely because of the 'Ladki Bahin' scheme.

On 'tensions' in the Opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance over the Chief Ministerial face, he said the formula so far has been that the party with the highest number of seats gets the post.

While BJP-ruled Haryana will go to polls next month, elections are yet to be announced in Maharashtra where the 'Mahayuti' coalition of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP is in power.

"A change in government in these two states will have a direct impact on the stability of (Narendra) Modi's coalition government which rests on the support of Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar. In both states there will b