Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Thursday said the INDIA bloc would form the next government at the Centre after the results of the Lok Sabha elections are announced, while the dispensation in the state led by Eknath Shinde will collapse.

The INDIA bloc will win more than 35 out of the total 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, he expressed confidence while talking to reporters here. He said it was doubtful if the next assembly elections in Maharashtra, which are due later this year, will take place or not as the incumbent Mahayuti government led by CM Shinde will also fall once the Lok Sabha election results are declared on June 4.