A day after the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation election results, political activity has intensified in Mumbai. Shiv Sena (Shinde) has moved all 29 councillors to the Taj Hotel. This decision by Shiv Sena (Shinde) is being linked to the Mumbai Mayor’s post. The BJP won 89 seats in the 227-member BMC. The majority mark is 114. The BJP needs 25 councillors to elect a mayor. Sources told Dainik Bhaskar that the results were not as expected by the Shinde faction and the Ajit Pawar faction. Both Deputy Chief Ministers are upset with the BJP due to their parties’ reduced seats. Both Deputy Chief Ministers did not attend the Maharashtra government’s cabinet meeting on Saturday. The Shiv Sena claimed Shinde was ill. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Fadnavis said, “Who will be the mayor and when will they be selected? All these decisions will be taken jointly by me, Eknath Shinde, and our party leaders. There is no dispute on this.” In the municipal elections in Maharashtra, the BJP won 17 out of the 29 municipal corporations. Meanwhile, the Mahayuti alliance led by the BJP won in eight municipal corporations. Thus, the BJP alliance has won in 25 municipal corporations. Ajit Pawar met with his uncle Sharad Pawar. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar met with his uncle Sharad Pawar on Saturday. Amid speculation of a merger between the two factions of the NCP, Ajit said, “We (as the Pawar family) are together. We visit each other when needed.” Later, a meeting was held at Sharad Pawar’s home, attended by Ajit Pawar, MP Supriya Sule, MLAs Rohit Pawar, Shashikant Shinde, Jayant Patil, and several leaders from both NCP factions. Who said what after the election results… Two photos of Fadnavis after the victory… See the results of the remaining municipal corporations in graphics. The BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde) alliance has wrested the BMC from Uddhav Thackeray, ending his three-decade-long dominance. BJP has become the largest party in BMC by winning 89 seats. According to the final results declared by the State Election Commission, BJP+ has won 1,425 seats out of 2,869 seats in 29 municipal corporations. Shiv Sena won 399, Congress 324, NCP 167, Shiv Sena (UBT) 155, NCP (SP) 36, MNS 13, BSP 6, parties registered in SEC won 129, unrecognized parties 196 and 19 seats were won by independents. After the defeat in Maharashtra elections, Sanjay Raut of UBT called Eknath Shinde as Jaichand of Shiv Sena. He wrote on X- If Eknath Shinde had not become Jaichand of Shiv Sena, BJP would never have got the Mayor in Mumbai. Marathi people will remember Shinde as Jaichand. ————————– Read this news too… Shiv Sena-NCP vote in Maharashtra now belongs to BJP: Thackeray limited to Mumbai, Shinde has Thane, only BJP is ‘All State’ party Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Pimpri Chinchwad and Nashik, most of the big municipal corporations of Maharashtra are now with BJP. Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, who practiced Marathi Manus politics, were limited to Mumbai. BJP ally Eknath Shinde could win only Thane. Ajit Pawar, who left BJP and contested the election with his uncle Sharad Pawar, became the biggest loser. Congress lost everywhere except Latur and Chandrapur. Read the election analysis…
