Overview
- The party published a statewide roster of district election heads and in-charges ahead of impending local body polls.
- Forest minister Ganesh Naik will oversee Thane and key Mumbai Metropolitan Region bodies including Kalyan-Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Mira-Bhayandar, Bhiwandi and Navi Mumbai, a move widely read as likely to strain ties with Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena.
- Ashish Shelar was named election in-charge for the BMC polls expected in January, a step some party figures see as curbing Mumbai unit chief Ameet Satam’s authority, though Shelar called the appointments routine teamwork.
- In Nashik, Girish Mahajan was appointed in-charge with MLA Rahul Dhikle as election head, Rahul Aher handling the North zone, Girish Palwe the South zone and Dada Jadhav the Malegaon region, with local reports noting a BJP goal to top 100 seats.
- Other assignments include Pankaja Munde as Beed in-charge with Suresh Dhas as district head, Nitesh Rane for Sindhudurg, Ashok Chavan for Nanded, Murlidhar Mohol for Pune, Prashant Thakur for Raigad, Niranjan Davkhare for Ratnagiri, Jaikumar Gore for Solapur, Atul Save for Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Sanjay Savkare for Jalgaon, Shivrendraraje Bhosale for Satara and Dhananjay Mahadik for Kolhapur.