Overview
- Raj Thackeray shared a video charting Adani Group’s gains from 2014 to 2025 across airports, ports, power and cement, arguing that concentrating strategic assets with one conglomerate threatens Mumbai and Maharashtra.
- Highlighting projects such as the proposed Vadhavan port and recent airport deals, Thackeray warned that control over key land and infrastructure could slip from local hands unless checked by a new BMC leadership.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended Adani-linked investments as job-creating development, citing the Navi Mumbai International Airport timeline and pledging expanded airport capacity in the Mumbai region.
- Mumbai BJP leaders circulated an old photograph of Raj Thackeray with Gautam Adani, accusing him of double standards, as party allies argued that multiple non-BJP states also seek Adani investments.
- With campaigning over, polling for 29 municipal corporations, including the cash-rich BMC, is on January 15 and counting is on January 16, as the Thackeray cousins press a united bid focused on Marathi identity and control of local assets.