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Union Minister Ramdas Athawale connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) said that his party, RPI(A), was excluded from the seat-sharing woody betwixt the BJP and Shiv Sena for the upcoming Mumbai civic elections, terming their determination arsenic "betrayal of trust".
Ruling allies BJP and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena reached a seat-sharing statement connected Monday (December 29, 2025) to contention 137 and 90 seats, respectively, successful the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls.
Expressing his displeasure implicit the exclusion, Mr. Athawale, successful a station connected X, said, "Since the enactment of the Mahayuti, we person stood by the confederation with implicit sincerity and firmness. However, what has happened contiguous regarding seat-sharing is thing but a betrayal of trust." He claimed that a gathering for discussions was scheduled astatine 4 p.m. connected Monday, but the confederation partners had failed to honour the commitment.
This is not conscionable a discarded of time, but an onslaught connected our self-respect, helium wrote.
"With the Mumbai civic elections astir the corner, I volition not tolerate this insult to my enactment workers. Hence, immoderate determination my workers instrumentality contiguous volition person my afloat support," Mr. Athawale said.
Meanwhile, RPI (A) sources said candidates from the enactment volition record nominations successful 50 seats.
"There is inactive clip for withdrawal of nominations. Let's spot if determination is an honourable treatment and a determination is made to retreat oregon spell into affable fights. Till then, we are going solo and contesting 50 seats," a enactment root said.
While the BJP and Shiv Sena person announced a seat-sharing pact, different constituent of Mahayuti, the NCP, headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, is contesting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls separately.
The deadline to record information papers for the January 15 polls for 29 municipal corporations successful Maharashtra closes connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025).
