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Amid a tussle implicit the Mumbai mayor's post, Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) claimed the phones of newly-elected members of the BJP and Shiv Sena, who are "locked" successful a luxury hotel, are being tapped by the ruling party.
He said the corporators of the BJP are being kept nether surveillance by workers of that party.
The BJP dismissed Mr. Raut's allegations, emphasising that the enactment doesn't edifice to specified activities arsenic it trusts its corporators.
Mr. Raut claimed the politician of Mumbai is being decided by Delhi, which is an insult to Maharashtra, slamming the Shiv Sena headed by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
"BJP workers are monitoring (movements) of each corporator of the party. The BJP is besides tapping phones of its ain corporators," the Shiv Sena (UBT) MP told reporters.
Even phones of Shiv Sena corporators “locked” successful a luxury edifice are being tapped, helium added.
As the contention for Mumbai politician heated up and suspense deepened implicit the ruling Shiv Sena's stand, Raut met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026).
In caller polls, the BJP-Sena confederation ended the astir three-decade-long monopoly of the Thackerays connected the country’s richest civic body, which meant Mumbai won’t person a politician chosen by Uddhav Thackeray.
The BJP-Shiv Sena confederation won a wide bulk successful the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, securing 89 and 29 seats, respectively.
Shiv Sena subsequently shifted each 29 recently elected members to a luxury edifice successful Mumbai, ostensibly for an predisposition store connected the functioning of the civic body.
Mr. Shinde has been insisting that the adjacent politician of Mumbai volition beryllium of Mahayuti (BJP-Sena combine). However, helium had besides hinted astatine Shiv Sena's assertion to the post, projecting it arsenic a people of respect to Bal Thackeray successful his commencement centenary year, citing the emotions of Shivsainiks.
Maharashtra BJP media in-charge Navnath Ban trashed Mr. Raut's allegations.
"We don't request telephone tapping, but Raut should clarify who was tapping Eknath Shinde's and Uday Samant's phones erstwhile the Maha Vikas Aghadi (led by Uddhav Thackeray) was successful power. We person beardown enactment from corporators, and are not engaged successful specified activities."
