The BJP once again proved its election strategies par excellence with yet another convincing victory in the Maharashtra civic body elections.
BJP is ahead in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Panvel, Kalyan Dombivli, Mira Bhayandar, Ulhasnagar, Sambhajinagar, Nagpur, Solapur, Akola, Nanded Waghala, Sangli Miraj Kupwad, Jalgaon, Dhule and Jalgaon
At a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) press conference on Friday, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi praised the performance of the party and its allies in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, as reported early trends show the BJP emerging as the single largest party with a lead of 98 seats. He also called the win an “appropriate response” for the opposition.
Describing the victory as historic, Trivedi thanked the people of Maharashtra for their support to the BJP and the Shiv Sena alliance led by Eknath Shinde.
“Today, in the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation elections, the BJP and our coalition partners achieved a significant victory. This shows that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and the NDA are gaining more and more support… We thank the people of Maharashtra and all supporters on behalf of the BJP for this success in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), possibly the largest municipality in Trived Asia.
Here are some big names who lost the civic polls in Mumbai:
Ward 185: BJP’s Ravi Raja, who was earlier the opposition BMC leader and joined the party after quitting the Congress in 2024, lost.
Ward 194: Shiv Sena’s Samadhan Sarvankar, who is the son of a former MLA (Sada Sarvankar) lost in this ward.
Ward 73: Dipti Waikar, who is the daughter of MP Ravindra Waikar, lost in Ward 73.
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