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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis connected Monday (November 24, 2025) said BJP volition reserve astatine slightest 40% of tickets for the upcoming civic polls for those beneath the property of 35.
Polls to respective civic bodies successful the State, including Mumbai, person to beryllium completed earlier January 31 adjacent year. They person been pending since 2022.
"I tin archer you with certainty that astatine slightest 40% of those contesting civic polls from the BJP volition beryllium nether 35," helium said.
Interacting with the younker present astatine an event, the CM besides said the beingness of candidates with transgression records reflected nine astatine large.
"Any antiauthoritarian instauration is simply a reflection of society, and the instauration besides shapes society. A full of 216 candidates successful the past BMC polls had transgression records. It is existent that immoderate incorrect radical are there, but to telephone everyone corrupt is besides wrong," Mr. Fadnavis said.
The CM hailed the show of the Modi government, saying India's maturation complaint contradicted allegations of systemic rot.
"If the full strategy had been bad, our state would not person grown astatine specified a precocious pace. There is not a azygous corruption complaint against the 11-year tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. If determination are corruption charges, the question is whether the authorities has the tenacity to act. I deliberation we person shown it," helium asserted.
Mr. Fadnavis besides said ideology gets strengthened lone erstwhile radical engage.
"Unless citizens participate, incorrect radical volition not beryllium removed from the system. Our state was the epitome of corruption betwixt 2009 and 2014. So radical voted for PM Modi, and alteration happened," helium said.
On transgression cases registered during protests, Mr. Fadnavis said the instrumentality treats each offences similarly.
"In a democracy, antithetic types of agitations are held. Such cases are filed successful constabulary stations, and our transgression justness strategy does not separate betwixt governmental transgression and mean crime," helium said.
Referring to cases filed against him, Mr. Fadnavis said nary progressive immoderate motivation wrongdoing.
"In 2016, a study said that among Chief Ministers facing constabulary complaints, I was connected apical with 35 cases, followed by past Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Not a azygous lawsuit against maine was of motivation turpitude. I had done thing wrong. I had fought for nationalist causes," Mr. Fadnavis said.
The CM besides pointed retired that a ample stock of those having transgression cases were activists.
"Out of the 40% radical you [media] talked about, 10% whitethorn beryllium wrong, but others were warring for people's causes," Mr. Fadnavis said.
Asked astir moving with leaders of differing ideologies, Mr. Fadnavis said relevance was indispensable for ideological survival.
"Democracy runs connected ideology arsenic good arsenic numbers. You cannot propagate ideology without numbers," the elder Bharatiya Janata Party person opined.
Referring to strategist Prashant Kishor, whose enactment failed to unfastened its relationship successful the caller Bihar Assembly polls, Mr. Fadnavis said, "He presented an ideological alternate successful Bihar but could not triumph a azygous seat."
"How tin helium bring change? To support your ideology, ethos and morality alive, you ever request to beryllium applicable successful politics," Mr. Fadnavis asserted.
