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  • Maha BJP wants AAP to contest BMC polls to ‘eat’ into opponents’ vote banks 

    Express News Service

    MUMBAI:  Taking a cue from Gujarat results, BJP’s Mumbai unit president Ashish Shelar said on Thursday that their next immediate opponent in BMC elections will be the AAP. Reacting to the landslide and historic victory of BJP in Gujarat, Mumbai BJP unite president Ashish Shelar on Thursday said that their immediate competitor is AAP.

    “The way AAP got the votes and seats in Gujarat election, and victory in Delhi Municipal Corporation elections and efforts in Himachal Pradesh shows that the main opponent of BJP in BMC elections will be AAP only. Other parties in Mumbai have no relevance now,” he said, putting the cat among the pigeons.

    The BJP has to fight against Maha Vikas Aghadi mainly against Shiv Sena to wrest the BMC. Sena has been ruling the BMC for last 25 years  since 1997. In 2017, BJP gave a tough time to Shiv Sena by winning 83 seats while Shiv Sena had won 87 seats in 227 members BMC.

    Sources in BJP said that people may have different opinion over AAP entry, but this is fact with entry and aggressive campaign of APP, the BJP would not have created all historical records. “Congress is always strong in rural Gujarat that BJP tried several times, but could not break that Congress’ OBC, Dalit, Muslim vote block.

    But this time, AAP not only helped eat significant votes share of the Congress directly, impacting results of 75 seats in Gujarat and giving direct benefit to BJP. We want to use the same strategy in Mumbai by promoting AAP and MNS to split anti-BJP votes,” a BJP leader said.

    MUMBAI:  Taking a cue from Gujarat results, BJP’s Mumbai unit president Ashish Shelar said on Thursday that their next immediate opponent in BMC elections will be the AAP. Reacting to the landslide and historic victory of BJP in Gujarat, Mumbai BJP unite president Ashish Shelar on Thursday said that their immediate competitor is AAP.

    “The way AAP got the votes and seats in Gujarat election, and victory in Delhi Municipal Corporation elections and efforts in Himachal Pradesh shows that the main opponent of BJP in BMC elections will be AAP only. Other parties in Mumbai have no relevance now,” he said, putting the cat among the pigeons.

    The BJP has to fight against Maha Vikas Aghadi mainly against Shiv Sena to wrest the BMC. Sena has been ruling the BMC for last 25 years  since 1997. In 2017, BJP gave a tough time to Shiv Sena by winning 83 seats while Shiv Sena had won 87 seats in 227 members BMC.

    Sources in BJP said that people may have different opinion over AAP entry, but this is fact with entry and aggressive campaign of APP, the BJP would not have created all historical records. “Congress is always strong in rural Gujarat that BJP tried several times, but could not break that Congress’ OBC, Dalit, Muslim vote block.

    But this time, AAP not only helped eat significant votes share of the Congress directly, impacting results of 75 seats in Gujarat and giving direct benefit to BJP. We want to use the same strategy in Mumbai by promoting AAP and MNS to split anti-BJP votes,” a BJP leader said.

  • Shiv Sena sets ‘Mission 150’ target for upcoming BMC elections

    Express News Service
    MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena has made it their ‘mission’ to bag at least 150 out of the total 227 seats in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.

    According to sources, the Sena leadership has decided to strengthen its local base by undertaking various development works.

    “We have been ruling BMC for the last several years. The BMC is our forte. Therefore, we ahead of the elections decided to start reaching our party workers. If we are strong then we will definitely defeat the opponent in the electoral battle,” said senior Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar.

    Waikar said that currently, the party has not decided on the alliance with NCP and Congress.“In the BMC’s budget, several development projects are undertaken and ample fund has been provided. Sena believes in its hard and groundwork and that is the strength of our party,” Waikar added.

    While Yuva Sena leader Varun Sardesai said that the youth wing of Sena is bringing more young blood in party carder. “Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray personally called several meeting of our Shakha and Vibhag Pramukh recently and attended their all issues. We have a solid base since the inception of Sena in Mumbai. We need to encourage them to take more and more public-oriented activities,” Sardesai said.

    He further said that environment and tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray is also actively attending the BMC corporators. “We are in power in BMC and state government. The state government can help to resolve several major issues of any local wards. Aaditya has been asking them to come forward and share their issues. He is speedily approving the project and ensuring that all projects get enough fund and gets completed on schedule as well,” Sardesai added.