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Twelve recently elected councillors successful the Ambarnath Municipal Council, suspended by the Congress for aligning with the BJP aft the polls, person formally joined the saffron party.
Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party president Ravindra Chavan announced the improvement astatine the BJP bureau present precocious connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) night, asserting the determination was not motivated by powerfulness but driven by a shared committedness to development.
"The radical elected these councillors and they had promised improvement to the citizens. They person travel with america due to the fact that the authorities is moving successful a dynamic mode and is susceptible of delivering justness and improvement to the people," helium said.
Following the section polls held connected December 20, the BJP joined hands with its arch-rival, Congress, nether the banner of 'Ambernath Vikas Aghadi' (AVA) to signifier the Ambarnath Municipal Council (in Thane district) leadership, sidelining state Shiv Sena, which emerged arsenic the azygous largest party. The Aghadi besides includes Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
The AVA secured a bulk of 31 seats successful the 60-member section body. In caller elections, Shiv Sena won 27 seats, falling conscionable 4 abbreviated of a majority. The BJP secured 14 seats, Congress 12, NCP 4, portion 2 independents were besides elected.
With the enactment of 1 independent, the three-party coalition's spot has risen to 32 councillors, crossing the bulk people of 30.
Left red-faced with the awkward arrangement, the Congress connected Wednesday suspended its 12 recently elected councillors on with the artifact president.
The determination by the 12 suspended councillors to articulation the BJP has importantly altered the governmental equations successful the municipality.
BJP, NCP and Shiv Sena are partners successful the ruling Mahayuti.
Mr. Chavan maintained that the councillors' determination reflected increasing assurance successful the BJP-led government.
"They judge that lone done the BJP tin the promises made to the radical beryllium fulfilled effectively," helium said, adding that the enactment would proceed to absorption connected governance and improvement astatine the section assemblage level.
Mahayuti state Shiv Sena has called the improvement a betrayal of "coalition dharma" arsenic the statement successful Ambarnath was aimed astatine keeping the Eknath Shinde-led enactment from holding reins of the section body.
On the BJP joining hands with the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM successful the Akot Municipal Council successful Akola district, Mr. Chavan said a show-cause announcement has been issued to their Akot MLA, Prakash Bharsakhale.
Mr. Chavan noted that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has expressed beardown displeasure implicit the relation of section BJP leaders successful the substance and made it wide that the enactment would not tolerate actions that spell against its stated policies.
Frowning upon the alliances betwixt ideological rivals, CM Fadnavis connected Wednesday said specified arrangements were not approved by the BJP enactment and violated discipline.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has said the arrangements bespeak the BJP's treble standards and its readiness to bash thing to drawback power.
