The Shiv Sena and the Congress, part of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra, have made light of BJP leader Chandrakant Patil's reported prediction that there would be a "political earthquake" after results of Assembly polls in five states, including crucial Uttar Pradesh, are declared on March 10.

Shiv Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said he sympathized with Patil, the state BJP unit chief, as "for the last two years, the BJP has been predicting dates on which the MVA government in Maharashtra will fall". It is the BJP that will now fall, Raut added.