Ahead of the high-stakes poll for BMC, India’s richest civic body, Thackeray cousins have come together to campaign on the plank of Marathi asmita or pride.
BMC elections 2026 highlights:: Political battle continues to rage in Maharashtra where voting for 29 civic bodies are going to be held on January 15. The allegiance this time has cut across alliances as estranged cousins-- Pawars and the Thackerays-
BMC elections 2026 live updates: The ruling Mahayuti, comprising the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, promised to “bring back the Marathi manoos” exiled to the outskirts of Mumbai and strengthen Marathi culture.
BMC elections 2026 live updates: Political battle continues to rage in Maharashtra where voting for 29 civic bodies are going to be held on January 15. The allegiance this time has cut across alliances as estranged cousins-- Pawars and the Thackerays
The civic body has also involved over 4,500 volunteers for crowd management and to help handicapped and senior citizens. Elections are being held in 2,278 locations now as against the barely 300 locations in 2017. Over 22,000 policemen are involved
BMC election highlights: As election day nears, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnvais has claimed that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will win big in the 151 Nagpur municipal corporation elections on Thursday.
BMC election LIVE updates: As election day nears, the Supreme Court is set to hear a petition which challenges the Bombay HC decision of the "mass rejection" of nomination forms for the BMC elections on “hyper-technical” and non-statutory grounds to