The electoral victories will embolden the BJP to go on the offensive in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and its allies were set to return to power in the nation's richest state, television channels reported on Saturday, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing general election.

If Election Commission trends are to be believed, the BJP-led Mahayuti is likely to win more than 200 seats in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly. The names of two Union ministers are doing the rounds as key players who orchestrated the landslide.