Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said that women's support helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win three out of the five states in the recent assembly elections, reported the PTI.

Addressing a gathering of female workers of his faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Ajit Pawar said that a large number of women lawmakers will be seen in the state assembly as well as Parliament in the coming years, as per the PTI.