Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Mumbai Congress chief and party legislator Bhai Jagtap on Saturday was served a show-cause notice by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) after he publicly criticised Mumbai Congress President and Lok Sabha MP Varsha Gaikwad, demanding her resignation over the party’s performance in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls.In the BMC elections, Congress won 24 seats, down by seven from its 2017 tally of 31.Blaming Gaikwad, Jagtap said: “The party was…
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Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has reportedly moved its corporators in Mumbai to a five-star hotel, a day after it emerged as the kingmaker in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. Sources have said that Shinde Sena’s 29 corporators are in a five-star hotel to avoid poaching ahead of the election for the post of Mayor, especially when the numbers are close.In a statement that sparked significant political curiosity, Thackeray…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said that while the BJP may have won more seats, “its victory is tainted by the misuse of power, whereas his party’s defeat has grace”. Thackeray, in his maiden press conference following the BMC results in which Shiv Sena (UBT) bagged 65 seats, launched a sharp attack on the BJP, saying that while it may have attempted to dismantle his party through official channels, it has failed to erase its presence among the people….
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) After the high-stakes Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) poll results, Shiv Sena-UBT President Uddhav Thackeray, on Saturday, asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Sena faction may have targeted his party on paper but they could never eradicate the Shiv Sena from the ground. In his speech marked by both defiance and emotional appeal to the newly elected Corporators at his residence, ‘Matoshree’, Thackeray took a swipe at the BJP, say…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Riding high on its victories in the Assembly and Municipal Council elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now emerged with a commanding edge in the Municipal Corporation polls, signalling a decisive push towards “Shat Pratishat” (100 per cent) political dominance in Maharashtra. With a landmark victory in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the BJP has firmly established its authority over India’s financial capital. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has…
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) In a significant shift in Maharashtra’s urban political landscape, the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has registered a powerful performance in the 2026 Municipal Corporation elections. According to the latest data, the party has successfully elected 95 corporators across 13 municipal bodies in the state, marking its strongest-ever presence in Maharashtra’s local self-governing bodies. AIMIM has posed a serious challenge to the Samajwad…
Bengaluru, Jan 16 (IANS) As trends predicted a thumping victory for the Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra civic polls, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has stated that the BJP and JD(S) alliance will achieve a win in the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) elections. Taking to social media X on Friday, BJP MP Bommai stated, “The BJP and the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) have registered massive victories in urban local body elections across Maharashtra, including the prestigious Brihanmumb…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The BJP-led alliance has surged past the majority mark in the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, according to counting trends, dealing a setback to the Thackeray cousins’ efforts to retain control of India’s richest civic body.As votes were counted for elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest force in Mumbai’s civic polls, with its alliance gaining a decisive edg…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, launched a pointed criticism of the Election Commission of India, accusing the ECI of undermining public confidence in democracy by ‘facilitating’ vote theft — a claim that the Congress party has persistently made for some time in an effort to discredit the poll panel.Rahul Gandhi’s stern criticism of the polling body came moments after the counting of votes began for 29 civic body elections in Maharashtra, incl…
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Counting of votes for the 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the high-stakes BMC, started at 10 a.m on Friday.The process is being carried out across designated counting centres in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, and other major cities under tight security.Early postal ballot trends and the first rounds of EVM counting are expected to emerge between 11:30 a.m and 12:30 p.m.Due to the “phased counting” method and the large number of candidates (over 1,700 in Mumbai alo…