Overview
- The BJP holds 89 seats and the Shinde-led Shiv Sena 29 in the 227-member BMC, giving the Mahayuti alliance 118 seats against a majority mark of 114 with no single party in control.
- Eknath Shinde shifted his 29 corporators to Taj Lands End for a three-day orientation and rejected confinement claims as the opposition labeled the hotel a “jail.”
- Shinde’s camp is pushing for the first 2.5 years of the mayoral term and key committee posts, while BJP leaders say alliance heads will decide the arrangement together.
- Shinde declared a Mahayuti mayor for Mumbai and other civic bodies, as UBT’s Sanjay Raut said the opposition bloc has 108 corporators and is seeking six more.
- The Shinde faction is set to name a group leader for its corporators to consolidate ranks, and parties cannot file mayoral nominations until the reservation draw is conducted.