Overview
- Addressing shakha pramukhs and divisional heads in Mumbai, Thackeray directed a full-scale grassroots drive and told cadres to target the mayor’s post.
- He told workers that former corporators who moved to the Shinde camp could return only with local cadres’ consent, with no assurance of BMC tickets.
- Discussions with the MNS are underway, with reports indicating the party initially sought about 90–95 of the 227 wards, a figure negotiators expect to pare down.
- India’s Supreme Court has ordered Maharashtra’s stalled local body elections to be completed by January 31, 2026, setting an outer limit for the BMC vote.
- Following the defacement of Meenatai Thackeray’s statue at Shivaji Park, sculptors began repairs and police secured the custody of accused Upendra Pavaskar until September 20.