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Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) claimed the BJP was forced to take a Marathi politician for Mumbai owed to the overwhelming enactment of Marathi radical to his enactment and the MNS successful the BMC polls.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Raut besides took a excavation astatine the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh aft histrion Salman Khan was seen interacting with its main Mohan Bhagwat present connected Saturday (February 7, 2026) astatine an lawsuit to people the RSS's centenary.
"Was it a invited for Bollywood prima Salman Khan oregon (a connection that) Muslims are besides invited successful the Sangh and its shakhas?" the Rajya Sabha subordinate asked. Mr. Bhagwat should person clarified astir it due to the fact that of the mode Hindu-Muslim hatred and vindictive propaganda is being dispersed and the Sangh is besides portion of it, helium charged.
On the BJP fielding Ritu Tawde (53) for the Mumbai mayor's post, Mr. Raut said she is primitively from the Congress. The BJP does not person thing archetypal of its own, helium claimed. "The mode Marathi radical overwhelmingly voted for the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS, the BJP had to marque a Marathi politician successful Mumbai," helium stated.
Ms. Tawde is each acceptable to go Mumbai's politician and the party's archetypal successful 4 decades aft Sena (UBT) decided against fielding a challenger, making the contention unopposed and ending the Thackeray family’s 25-year dominance implicit the richest civic body. The Mumbai mayoral predetermination is scheduled for February 11, which is the past time to retreat the nominations.
The Sena (UBT) had raised the emotive "Marathi identity" plank successful past month's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, wherever the enactment had allied with MNS. The BJP emerged arsenic the azygous largest enactment successful the 227-member BMC by bagging 89 seats, portion its state Shiv Sena won 29 seats. In the Opposition camp, the Sena (UBT) secured 65 seats, portion its allies, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) won six and 1 seat, respectively.
