Overview
- The BJP’s Ambernath unit formed the Ambernath Vikas Aghadi with Congress and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, claiming a 32-member majority in the 60-seat council and installing BJP’s Tejashree Karanjule Patil as president.
- In Akot, the BJP set up the Akot Vikas Manch with AIMIM and other parties, recorded a bloc strength of 25 in the 35-seat council, and saw BJP’s Maya Dhule elected mayor as the alliance was formally registered.
- Fadnavis said alliances with Congress or AIMIM are unacceptable, announced instructions to reverse them, and said leaders who acted without approval would face action.
- The Congress dissolved its Ambernath block committee and suspended its 12 corporators for aligning locally without state authorization.
- Shiv Sena leaders, including Balaji Kinikar and Shrikant Shinde, castigated the tie-ups as a breach of coalition norms, while BJP local organisers argued the Ambernath front was formed to end intimidation and corruption.