Days after facing defeat in the Mumbai civic body polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has said that the BJP was mistaken if it thought it could finish his party, which was not just a political entity but an idea.
The draw of lots for mayoral reservations to the 29 Municipal Corporations of Maharashtra was held on Thursday. The mayor’s post in Kalyan–Dombivli has been reserved for the Scheduled Tribes category, while Thane and Latur have been reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Marathi media reports said
The Mahayuti will install its mayor in the Kalyan-Dombivli municipal corporation, Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan said on Wednesday, amid suspense over political realignments marked by five corporators of MNS offering support to BJP's ally Shiv Sena in the civic body
Mumbai will have a Mahayuti mayor, Eknath Shinde had said, before rejecting allegations that the corporators were being kept under watch at a luxury hotel and claiming that the Shiv Sena was fearless
The Marathi torch is burning even inside the Shiv Sainiks of the Shinde faction, who cannot accept a BJP person becoming the Mayor of Mumbai and are in touch with Uddhav Thackeray's party despite being confined to a hotel, Sanjay Raut said
BMC Mayor news: The Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), while staking claim to the mayor’s post, has kept his corporators in a hotel to prevent the BJP from poaching them
With Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena moving its 29 newly elected Mumbai corporators to a hotel in Bandra, speculations are rife that there is a tussle for the post
Political setback for Sharad and Ajit Pawar's NCP as the BJP retained control of the civic bodies for a second consecutive term
BMC election results mark a historic shift as the BJP has emerged as the largest party, ending the Shiv Sena's control over Mumbai's civic body after nearly 30 years
The AIMIM was able to lead in as many as 20 seats in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) Municipal Corporation—a steady increase from the forenoon count of 14—as the counting progresses across Maharashtra
The BJP was leading in the elections to the municipal corporations of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jalna, and Nanded in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, while the Congress dominated the Latur civic body
BJP is ahead in 52 seats in Pune, Ajit Pawar’s NCP is ahead only in 5 seats, while Sharad Pawar’s NCP is leading in 2 seats
This comes despite the Mahayuti alliance—comprising the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the BJP—holding a delicate lead over the Thackeray brothers in the polls