Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Trends and results for the 227 seats of the BMC suggest a significant lead for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, signalling a potential shift in power that could deliver a major blow to the alliance of the Thackeray brothers (Shiv Sena-UBT and MNS).Following the high-stakes polling held on January 15 for 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, including Mumbai and Thane, the counting of votes is currently underway.All eyes are on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)…
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Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) Voting for elections to 29 civic bodies, including the high-profile Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is being held on Thursday across Maharashtra under tight security arrangements.As the state goes to the polls, attention is centred on Mumbai, where the BJP-led MahaYuti is engaged in a closely fought contest with the reunited Thackeray cousins, Raj and Uddhav, for control of the country’s richest civic body.Polling will be held for a total of 2,869 seats across 8…
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) “If a Tamilian can become Chennai Mayor, a Gujarati can become Ahmedabad Mayor, a Telugu Hyderabad Mayor and a Punjabi as Punjabi Mayor then why in Maharashtra’s Mumbai, a Marathi can’t become its mayor,” asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, staunchly defending his pitch for Marathi-Hindu mayor in the upcoming BMC elections. He stated that Marathi and Hindu can’t be segregated into two, as both are inseparable, and hence, after the BJP …
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) As the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections scheduled for January 15 draw closer, the political contest for Mumbai has sharply intensified.The Thackeray cousins — Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray — on Sunday released a joint Vachan Nama (manifesto), signalling a rare show of unity. In response, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled an “Aarop Patra” (charge sheet), alleging large-scale corruption during the Thackeray-led administration’s …