Pitching a tech-led governance for India’s financial capital, the Mahayuti alliance on Sunday, 11 January, unveiled a wide-ranging manifesto for the upcoming civic body elections in Mumbai. From promising a 50% concession on bus fares for women travelers to unveiling a plan for ‘flood-free Mumbai,’ the manifesto also focuses on use of artificial intelligence (AI)…
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections 2026 are set to be held on 15 January. Established in 1873, Mumbai city’s civic body is the country’s largest and richest. The counting of votes for the BMC election will be held on 16 January. BMC polls are held every five years to elect corporators. The last civic…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has entered into post-poll alliances with rivals Congress and AIMIM in some municipal councils in Maharashtra, even as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday rejected the tie-ups and warned of action against party leaders involved. In Thane’s Ambernath municipal council, the BJP and Congress joined hands to keep out Shiv…
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday urged the State Election Commission (SEC) to cancel elections in wards where candidates have been declared elected unopposed in the upcoming Maharashtra civic polls and to restart the polling process in those seats. Addressing a joint press conference with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray after…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Keshav Upadhye claimed on Friday that as many as 68 candidates from the Mahayuti were elected unopposed in the Maharashtra civic polls. These include 44 from the BJP, with the highest number being from Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation in the Thane district, followed by Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Panvel, Bhiwandi, Dhule, Jalgaon…
The Mahayuti finalized its seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest 137 seats, while the Shiv Sena will field candidates on 90 seats. Both parties will also allocate a portion of their respective quotas to allied parties within the Mahayuti alliance, the Shiv…
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP SP) leader Azam Pansare said on Saturday that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar met him after a long time. Pansare’s statement came amid buzz over a possible alliance between the two rivals for the upcoming civic polls. After holding the meeting with Ajit Pawar, Pansare told news agency ANI“We…
Sanjay Raut, leader of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena UBT, has hinted that a highly anticipated alliance with Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) may be officially announced on Wednesday. The speculation follows a social media post on X by Raut on Tuesday featuring an image of the two cousins with the caption “tomorrow at 12…
Estranged cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray on Wednesday announced to reunite politically and take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming corporation elections including the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The official announcement was made at a joint press conference attended by both cousins in Mumbai. Also Read , BMC elections…
Its official. Estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray on 24 December announced a tie-up for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray made the official announcement at a joint press conference in Mumbai. “We have come together to stay together,” Uddhav Thackeray…
