BJP workers in Mumbai are not unhappy with the party’s decision to fight the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election jointly with its Mahayuti allies, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday. He added that the next mayor of Mumbai will be from the ruling alliance.
The senior BJP leader’s comments come against the background of reports of displeasure among the party workers who were gearing up to fight the civic body election on their own.
In the previous BMC election in 2017, the party had won 82 of the 227 seats, just two short of the undivided Shiv Sena’s tally of 84.
‘Better prospects’
BJP workers had been hoping to fight the BMC election single-handedly given that the party has electorally strengthened its position in Mumbai over the past few years. After the 2024 Assembly election, at least one-third of the total number of MLAs in Mumbai belong to the BJP.
