At the first media meet jointly addressed by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) following their triumph in the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, the opposition leaders gave credit for their feat to not only the state’s voters, but also to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a jibe over the possible waning of the ‘Modi wave’.

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and Congress leader and ex-CM Prithviraj Chavan made a show of unity at the event on Saturday, vowing to fight the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha polls together as MVA to displace the Eknath Shinde government. However, state Congress chief Nana Patole and his party colleague, opposition leader in the Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar were conspicuous by their absence.