Overview
- AAP released a second list of 15 BMC candidates, bringing its announced total to 36 across Mumbai’s 227 wards.
- AAP says it will field nominees in every ward and has ruled out alliances for the civic polls.
- Party leaders claim an organisational head start as the BJP, Congress, and Shiv Sena and NCP factions have yet to finalise full slates.
- Mumbai unit chief Preeti Sharma Menon emphasized a governance-focused campaign as Sanjay Singh accused the BMC of waste and corruption, citing a Rs 74,447 crore budget.
- AAP named 40 star campaigners, including Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, as nominations run Dec 23–30, final lists are due Jan 3, voting is Jan 15 and counting is Jan 16.