Overview
- AAP announced its first-time participation in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur and Navi Mumbai civic polls, completing initial screening for 30 of 90 seats in Bhiwandi and planning to field candidates in 111 seats in Navi Mumbai.
- In Thane, the party said it intends to contest 100 of 131 seats and has begun taking applications from aspirants.
- In Mumbai’s BMC race, AAP released a second list of 15 nominees, raising its announced tally to 36 candidates as it prepares to contest all 227 wards.
- In Pune, AAP will run nearly all 165 seats without allies and has named national leaders including Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Atishi as star campaigners.
- Voting for municipal bodies is scheduled for January 15 with counting on January 16, nomination filing runs through December 30, and rivals have begun declaring slates, with the Samajwadi Party releasing 21 BMC candidates.