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Ending days of speculations implicit the aboriginal of Maha Vikas Aghadi successful Mumbai during the upcoming BMC elections, Congress Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala connected Saturday (December 20, 2025) announced that the Congress volition combat the upcoming BMC elections connected its ain steam. “We volition combat against the BJP, we volition combat against the Shiv Sena Uddhav group. We entreaty to each the secular, antiauthoritarian Mumbaikars to enactment us,” helium said successful Mumbai.
The announcement comes days aft the Congress had expressed displeasure implicit Uddhav Thackeray’s increasing proximity with his relative and MNS person Raj Thackeray.
Reacting to the announcement, Shiv Sena UBT person Ambadas Danve said that the enactment is geared towards warring the BJP and Eknath Shinde. “We person been wanting to combat unneurotic against the 2 of them. But if idiosyncratic wants to combat us, we volition combat them too,” helium told The Hindu.
Supriya Sule said her enactment volition request to consult with section leaders earlier giving immoderate absorption to Congress’ decision. Earlier, Shiv Sena UBT person Sanjay Raut had requested Sharad Pawar to talk with Congress to get them onboard arsenic MVA to combat the BMC elections together. “The Congress has not yet communicated thing to us. We volition talk with them. We volition consult our section leaders and volition instrumentality a telephone accordingly,” she told The Hindu.
“We are warring these elections together. We person fought with MVA successful the legislative assembly and successful the Lok Sabha. But these are section assemblage elections. Our section cadres privation it. We person fixed them the support to bash so. We are preparing our manifesto. We volition bring it to the radical of Mumbai. There is corruption. No enactment is happening successful Mumbai. We each cognize who is liable for that. We privation to item connected it. Mumbai is India’s fiscal capital. No elections were held successful the past 4 years,” Mr. Chennithala said successful a property league successful Mumbai.
Thanking the Supreme Court for its bid to behaviour elections, helium said, “Elections are taking spot due to the fact that of Supreme COurt. govt is straight moving BMC, it is interfering successful everything. they privation to straight tally the BMC. I privation to convey SC that the elections are being held. we person decided, we volition combat against BJP, against Shiv Sena UBT. All secular, patriots should enactment the Congress.”
When asked astir the disorder among voters owed to realignment, helium said determination volition beryllium nary confusion. “People from each regions of India travel to Mumbai. BJP has been dividing radical connected communal lines. This divisive authorities needs to end. That is wherefore Congress should beryllium strengthened,” helium said. He refused to remark connected Sharad Pawar’s sentiment that each the parties should combat together.
Congress leaders told The Hindu that the enactment had been holding a gathering with each the probable candidates, and that it had been getting getting candidates connected each the 227 seats of Mumbai. “No approach, nary confederation successful Mumbai. We person formed a screening committee for choosing the candidates. It volition beryllium finalised successful the adjacent 2 days,” a elder person said.
Background
The Congress had earlier expressed wide displeasure astir Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray coming together. It had said that its halfway ideology does not let it to articulation hands with divisive and communal forces which dispersed hatred successful the society. While the Shiv Sena UBT had been trying to get Congress on-board to combat the upcoming BMC polls together, the Congress was miffed that it was not taken into assurance arsenic the saffron enactment went into superior treatment with Raj Thackeray. NCP SP has precise small stakes successful the BMC elections. Traditionally, Congress and Shiv Sena-BJP person fought against each different successful Mumbai. This time, Congress volition combat separately, Shiv Sena UBT is apt to participate into an confederation with MNS which has precise small crushed spot comparatively. On the different hand, BJP-Shiv Sena volition combat together.
