Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Thursday claimed that the BJP will be ousted from power in the assembly elections being held in five states. Of the states where polling will be held on Friday, the BJP is the ruling party only in Madhya Pradesh, reported news agency PTI.

"Wherever the BJP is in power, you will see a non-BJP chief minister after the elections," Sharad Pawar said, speaking to reporters at Solapur in Maharashtra, reported PTI.