MUMBAI/RANCHI — The BJP-led Mahayuti coloured Maharashtra a vivid saffron on Saturday as it swept aside the MVA for a landslide win while the opposition INDIA bloc retained Jharkhand, voters in both states giving the parties in power an emphatic thumbs up. Counting of votes for the two assembly elections underscored with slogans such as “katenge toh batenge” and “ek hain toh safe hai” began at 8 am, signalling very soon that it was celebration time for the BJP in Maharashtra. The party was winning or leading in 132 of the 149 seats it contested in the powerhouse state. Together with its partners Shiv Sena and NCP, the ruling Mahayuti alliance could win 228 of the 288 seats in the state, leaving the Congress-Shiv Sena(UBT)-NCP(SP) tie-up virtually decimated with just 47 seats. Also read: BJP-led Mahayuti sweeps Maharashtra, oppn INDIA to bag Jharkhand TMC hits a six: Sweeps by-polls, snatches one from BJP; RG Kar protests fail to impact voters As the opposition reeled under the impact of the decisive mandate against it in Maharashtra, Jharkhand offered consolation with voters giving a possible two-third victory to the JMM-led alliance. In the 81-seat Jharkhand assembly, the BJP had won or was...