Mumbai BMC election vote counting: The counting process for over 200 municipal wards of India's richest civic body started at 10 am on Friday
BJP's move seen as an olive branch to the Shiv Sena to keep it in good humour
The party will work as a watchdog for transparency in the administration of the civic body
This implies that nearly 19% of the newly elected corporators have criminal charges against them
After bitter fight, there is still no sign of rapprochement between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena for the revival of alliance in BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Instead, both are making claims about winning the mayoral election slated for March 9. Shiv Sena today targeted Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for his statement that BJP will never ally with Congress to assume power in BMC. Sena MP Sanjay Raut asked BJP to first break its alliance with Congress at local level and criticized BJP for sharing power with the PDP in Jammu & Kashmir. ''BJP, who gave a call for the Congress free India should not criticize the latter especially when the BJP does not feel PDP is untouchable,'' he noted.Raut's ouburst comes close on the heels of BJP leaders asking Shiv Sena not to join hands with Congress to win mayoral election in BMC. BJP minister Chandrakant Patil opined that BJP and Shiv Sena are natural allies and termed Sena's alliance with Congress will be ...
Fractured mandate sees both Sena & BJP trying to cobble up numbers to reach target of 114 seats
Party feels estranged allies Shiv Sena and BJP will join hands again in BMC to reclaim power
Senior leaders mull future plan of action party HQ meeting; Newly-elected corporators meet Uddhav
Sena mouthpiece Saamana says BJP's better show hides the setbacks it has suffered
Cong leader Gurudas Kamat says no to even a discussion on tie-up or outside support to Sena
While several parties are in the fray, real fight is between Shiv Sena and BJP, who've parted ways
Gulzar urged people to vote too