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‘Final battle’ for Marathi manoos turns fierce in Marathi-dominated areas| India News

‘Final battle’ for Marathi manoos turns fierce in Marathi-dominated areas| India News

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MUMBAI : When the votes are counted today, 68 seats spread over the city’s Marathi pockets will decide which of the two Shiv Sena factions wrests the title of being the “real Shiv Sena”—Uddhav Thackeray’s Sena (UBT) or Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena. In a direct fight in these 68 seats, polling day was the culmination of the fierce battle between the two, with Thackeray doing everything in his power to retain his last bastion and Shinde leaving no stone unturned to decimate him with the help of the BJP. Thackeray vs Shinde: ‘Final battle’ for Marathi manoos turns fierce in BMC Marathi-dominated areas (File photo) In the last elections, the undivided Shiv Sena had won 84 seats while the BJP got 82, leading to their partnership in the BMC. But following the split engineered by Shinde in 2022 and his subsequent alliance with the BJP, the deputy chief minister has been helping the party prepare to prise the reins of the BMC from the Thackeray family. He has inducted around 50 to 60 former corporators …

Voting underway for high-stakes civic polls in Maharashtra; all eyes on big battle for Mumbai

Voting underway for high-stakes civic polls in Maharashtra; all eyes on big battle for Mumbai

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Polling for 2,869 seats spread across 893 wards in these municipal corporations began amid tight security at 7.30 a.m. and will conclude at 5.30 p.m. | Photo Credit: BMC Voting in 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra began on Thursday (January 15, 2026) morning with spotlight on Mumbai, where the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is locked in an intense battle with the reunited Thackeray cousins for control of India’s largest and richest civic body. Polling for 2,869 seats spread across 893 wards in these municipal corporations began amid tight security at 7.30 a.m. and will conclude at 5.30 p.m. A total of 3.48 crore voters are eligible to decide the fate of 15,931 candidates. Follow Maharashtra civic polls LIVE updates In the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), whose annual budget is over ₹74,400 crore, 1,700 candidates are vying for 227 seats in elections being held after nine years, after a four-year delay. More than 25,000 police personnel have been deployed across Mumbai to oversee elections. Except for Mumbai, the other urban bodies have multi-member wards. Vote count will …

Congress releases BEST revival manifesto

Congress releases BEST revival manifesto

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Ten days ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, the Mumbai unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) on Sunday released a manifesto exclusively focused on reviving the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking. Titled BEST Revival: 9-Point Action Plan, the document has been issued under the banner “Mission BEST Bachao” by Congress leaders Sachin Sawant and MP and Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee president Varsha Gaikwad. Pitching BEST as an essential public service, the Congress said the civic transport undertaking should not be run with a profit motive. The party blamed the current administrator-led system and increasing dependence on private contractors for rising costs, service cuts and declining reliability. The manifesto proposes that all operational expenses of BEST be borne directly by the BMC, with additional funds raised through parking fees and other municipal charges. It also states that bus fares should not be increased without a public hearing and a recommendation from an independent committee. A key promise in the plan is to halt privatisation. The Congress has said it will stop …