Overview
- Election officials say candidates have until 3:00 p.m. today to withdraw nominations for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls.
- Senior leaders Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and the Thackerays have personally reached out to dissidents to secure withdrawals.
- Delayed release of official tickets and protracted seat-sharing talks prompted many aspirants to file precautionary independent nominations.
- Shiv Sena distributed AB forms in about 45 wards, and several of those nominees are refusing to step aside.
- Rebel-versus-official contests have emerged across multiple wards in both the Thackeray–MNS and BJP–Shiv Sena alliances, with the final candidate list to be issued after the cutoff.