Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Thursday said that the winds of change were blowing in the country and that Maharashtra would lay the foundation for the BJP's defeat at the national level, reported the PTI.

He expressed confidence that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) - an alliance of Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT) - will win 42 out of the total 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, as per the PTI.