Mumbai votes today: 1,700 candidates for 227 wards. Who will control BMC – India’s richest municipality?

As many as 1,700 candidates will vie for 227 seats in the key elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). All arrangements have been made for peaceful and orderly polling today, officials said. The civic body said, in a press release on Wednesday, that preparations for polling were completed on Wednesday with the distribution of…

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Pune Civic Polls: ‘Unnecessarily sensationalised,’ says NCP after cops visit party strategist’s office

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Ajit Pawar sought to quell speculation after officers from the Pune Crime Branch visited the offices of political strategist Naresh Arora and his consultancy firm, DesignBoxed on Wednesday. In a formal statement, Pawar said the police presence was part of a routine information-gathering process and…

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BMC Polls: CM Fadnavis plays old ‘rivalry’ clips of Thackeray cousins ​​as campaigning ends today | watch

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has recently slammed united Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav and MNS leader Raj Thackeray, saying the January 15 Mumbai civic body poll is a battle of survival for the cousins, and not the Marathi people. Addressing a rally in support of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on Monday, the penultimate day…

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‘I’ll kick’: At Maharashtra civic polls rally, Raj Thackeray warns ‘people from UP, Bihar’ against Hindi imposition

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said at a rally in Mumbai on Sunday that people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar “should understand that Hindi is not your language.” He said, “I don’t hate the language… But if you try to impose it, I’ll kick you.” The statement came as Shiv Sena (UBT) chief…

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