Overview
- The BJP and Eknath Shinde–led Shiv Sena hold a slim 118-seat majority in the 227-member BMC, making Shinde’s bloc pivotal.
- Shinde says Mumbai will get a Mahayuti mayor, while his party maintains the hotel stay is a three-day orientation for first-time corporators.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleges the corporators are being confined and claims many in Shinde’s camp do not want a BJP mayor.
- Shinde’s faction is pressing for a rotational arrangement with the first 2.5-year mayoral term and a share of key civic committee posts, according to party sources.
- The mayoral election cannot begin until a statutory draw sets the reservation category for the post, so formal candidate decisions remain pending.