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Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal connected Friday (January 16, 2026) claimed his enactment volition person Mayors successful 5 cities and astir 350 corporators crossed the State, asserting it would besides beryllium portion of powerfulness arrangements successful astatine slightest 10 Municipal Corporations.
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According to the Congress, the enactment is successful a presumption to instal its ain Mayors successful Latur, Chandrapur, Bhiwandi (Thane district), Parbhani and Kolhapur, which were among the 29 Municipal Corporations wherever polling was held connected January 15 and counting was taken up connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
Talking to reporters successful Buldhana, Mr. Sapkal said portion the Congress' show successful the civic polls whitethorn not beryllium afloat satisfactory, the enactment fought an "ideological battle" without compromising its principles and emerged arsenic the main Opposition unit successful the State.
"The Congress contiguous stands arsenic the second-largest enactment successful Maharashtra. Wherever possible, we contested independently, and successful immoderate places done alliances, with the purpose of strengthening the enactment ideologically and organisationally," helium noted.
Alleging large-scale irregularities successful the elections, Mr. Sapkal accused the ruling BJP-led confederation of misusing wealth powerfulness and facilitating bogus voting.
"There was rampant organisation of wealth and bogus voting. Despite this, Congress workers stood firmly against the BJP's bulldozer politics. This is the triumph of our workers' resolve," helium said, congratulating enactment candidates and workers.
Referring specifically to Mumbai, the Congress person alleged that the BJP's occurrence successful the metropolis civic polls was the effect of "fixing".
"From ward delimitation to the usage of machines (EVMs) and adjacent issues related to indelible ink, everything was portion of fixing. The Election Commission should halt acting astatine the BJP's behest," Mr. Sapkal said.
He further alleged that the elections were not escaped and fair, citing instances of bogus voters, inducements, campaigner poaching and what helium termed the EC's "ineffective functioning".
“Democracy and the Constitution are nether threat. The BJP and its allies person fallen to motivation lows successful their pursuit of power," helium said.
Mr. Sapkal asserted that the Congress would proceed its ideological conflict to support ideology and the Constitution.
"This is simply a clip of struggle. We are not disheartened by decision and are afloat prepared for the adjacent battle," the MPCC president maintained.
Warning the ruling alliance, helium affirmed that authoritarianism whitethorn turn for a while, but it volition yet collapse.
"The clip for that illness is nearing. The coming play volition beryllium hard for the BJP and its allies," Mr. Sapkal remarked.
