Fresh blow to Uddhav, 66 councilors of Thane join Shinde camp before BMC elections

In a fresh blow to Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena ahead of the crucial Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, 66 corporators from Thane Eknath Shinde have joined the camp claiming the legacy of party founder Balasaheb Thackeray and the bow and arrow symbol of the party. are doing.

The high-stakes elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic body of Mumbai, the country’s richest municipal corporation, are going to be held soon and the final dates for the same could be announced anytime now.

A lot has already happened in the crucial BMC elections. Maharashtra has a new chief minister, Eknath Shinde, who overturned the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena government after a rebellion with the support of 42 MLAs and staked claim to power with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis becoming deputy.

Before the Maharashtra political crisis, the BJP, with a victory in the Rajya Sabha election against the Shiv Sena in the state, had said that victory in the Upper House was just the beginning, adding that the party would fight the assembly and other elections on its own. , pointing to the BMC poll.

Meanwhile, Milind Narvekar, a close aide of Uddhav Thackeray, tweeted on Thursday congratulating Virendra Hegde for his appointment to the Rajya Sabha by the BJP government, triggering speculation in the political circles.

Hearty congratulations to Dr Virendra Hegde ji on your appointment as Rajya Sabha member. Extending my best wishes for your successful tenure,” Narvekar wrote in the tweet.

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