Sena (UBT) leader seeks Shinde party’s support in BMC mayor election

23 Jan 2026 Evaluate

Amid ongoing tussle for power in civic bodies in Maharashtra following recent polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Bhaskar Jadhav said Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena should support Uddhav Thackeray's party candidate instead of ally BJP in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayoral election.

Speaking to reporters, Bhaskar Jadhav said the prospect of not having a mayor of Bal Thackeray's Shiv Sena in the BMC in his centenary birth year is very painful. He said, ‘I request and urge those who claim to take forward the ideals of Balasaheb and claim to be his real inheritors to back Balasaheb's real Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate in the BMC polls. This will be a true tribute to Balasaheb in his birth centenary year’. 

Jadhav urged Shinde to show political generosity and inform the BJP that, despite being alliance partners at both the Centre and state levels, his party should back the Sena (UBT) candidate for the mayor’s position. He also said Shinde should show magnanimity if he believed in Bal Thackeray's ideals.

This appeal followed the lottery draw that assigned the Mumbai mayor’s position for a woman from the general category. The Sena (UBT) had anticipated that the position would be reserved for a Scheduled Tribe woman, as both candidates eligible in that category were from their party. 

In the civic elections held on January 15, the BJP won 89 seats in the BMC, while Shinde's Shiv Sena secured 29, taking the alliance past the halfway mark of 114 required to control India's largest and richest civic body. The Sena (UBT) won 65 seats, while their allies MNS and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) obtained six and one seat respectively.


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