For civic polls, Congress-led Mumbai Vikas Aghadi promises to stop privatisation of hospitals

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President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee Varsha Gaikwad, 3rd  from right, with different   leaders during merchandise  of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), RPI Gavai faction, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP) and Congress confederation  manifesto for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, successful  Mumbai, connected  Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.

President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee Varsha Gaikwad, 3rd from right, with different leaders during merchandise of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), RPI Gavai faction, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP) and Congress confederation manifesto for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, successful Mumbai, connected Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

In presumption of the upcoming Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections, the Mumbai Vikas Aghadi — comprising the Indian National Congress, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, Rashtriya Samaj Party, and the Republican Party of India (Gavai) — connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026) unveiled a manifesto, promising to halt privatisation of hospitals, AI-integrated, world-class education, and improved parking services.

A time aft the Mumbai Congress released the manifesto to rebuild the BEST services, the Aghadi released manifesto, showcasing their imaginativeness connected nationalist services, including healthcare, education, climate, infrastructure, and basal installation of h2o proviso and discarded management.

Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad released the manifesto connected Tuesday, saying the enactment would amended the services of h2o supply, sanitation, road, and discarded management.

“We are presenting ngo 2026 and the confederation aims for unity, mobility, fraternity, and inclusive improvement successful Mumbai. We guarantee that the promises made volition beryllium fulfilled and betterment volition beryllium brought successful the sectors, including providing cosmopolitan wellness attraction to beneficiaries,” said Ms. Gaikwad.

Education receives attraction with the Congress vouching for upgradation successful schoolhouse infrastructure, inducing technology, and improving the existing civic services similar toilets.

Under health, the enactment aims to tally OPD services, MRI, and CT-scan services afloat time. According to manifesto, it volition present the online real-time furniture availability and unfastened a ailment redress compartment successful each hospital, and 2 caller multi-specialist hospitals volition beryllium developed.

For hawkers, the Congress plans to instrumentality thoroughfare vendor Act, 2014 and rehabilitate eligible hawkers successful the hawker zone. To dainty the mediocre aerial prime and clime issues, the Congress has plans to present “Green Mumbai 2030”, that volition grow the greenish screen successful Mumbai.

Targeting women, the Congress plans to unfastened much anganwadis, commencement “Hirkani Room” successful each ward, time attraction centres for moving women, and aims to summation proviso for sex budget.

The manifesto besides raises the close to housing, wherever the enactment promises redevelopment of aged buildings and tenanted buildings by giving FSI adjacent to that of main roads for roads having little than 9 meters wide. It volition besides formulate argumentation for Koliwada and different villages.

Published - January 06, 2026 09:37 p.m. IST

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