Mumbai Mayor race intensifies as BJP, Shiv Sena jostle for post

As the race for the Mumbai Mayor's post intensifies, tensions have escalated between Mahayuti allies Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), with both staking claim to the post despite neither having a clear majority on its own.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

The BJP emerged as the single largest party in the recently concluded Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections with 89 corporators. The Shinde-led Shiv Sena, which contested the polls in alliance with the BJP, secured 29 seats.

Together, the two allies have 118 corporators, giving them aslender majority of just four seats. In contrast, the Opposition bloc commands 105 seats, with the Shiv Sena (UBT) alone having 65 corporators.