On the 100th birth anniversary of former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee, Shiv Sena-UBT rajya sabha MP sanjay raut has given a big statement. He said that 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a devotee of jawaharlal nehru and was a great leader. He was the second Jawaharlal Nehru. He followed Rajdharma. As long as he and LK Advani were there, the relationship between bjp and shiv sena was good. atal bihari vajpayee had a great contribution in the construction of the country.'
On the other hand, sanjay raut said about the BMC elections that we are preparing. Let the elections come, everything will be known. Actually, uddhav Thackeray's shiv sena (UBT) has influence on the BMC, which the bjp is trying to make its name, not to weaken it. The results of the assembly elections have completely changed the political equations of Maharashtra.
uddhav faction faces the challenge of saving BMC
In such a situation, uddhav thackeray is facing the challenge of saving his last fort BMC. Perhaps that is why sanjay raut said that shiv sena (UBT) will not contest the BMC elections with Mahavikas Aghadi.
uddhav thackeray, who lost the maharashtra assembly elections, has his eyes on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. By conquering BMC, uddhav is trying to keep the real fight of shiv sena alive. BMC is considered to be the stronghold of shiv sena and since 1996, the party has been continuously making its mayor here.
There are 236 seats in the mumbai Municipal Corporation, where at least 119 councilors are required to elect a mayor. The last civic elections were held in mumbai in 2017. In that election, shiv sena won 84 seats and bjp won 80 seats. This time seven major parties can contest the mumbai civic elections. Among these, Shinde Sena, uddhav Sena, Ajit's ncp, Sharad's ncp are prominent in front of congress and BJP.
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