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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut connected Monday (January 19, 2026) questioned the shifting of corporators-elect from ruling state Shiv Sena to hotels, asserting that no enactment could easy involvement assertion to the BMC Mayor’s post, going by the mandate successful the caller civic polls.
In the precocious concluded civic polls, the confederation of the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena won a wide bulk successful the 227-member BMC, securing 89 and 29 seats, respectively. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena (UBT) won 65 seats, portion its state MNS emerged victorious connected six.
The Shiv Sena has shifted its 29 members to a edifice successful Mumbai, ostensibly for an predisposition store to marque them alert of the functioning of the country's richest civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The determination followed the declaration of the BMC canvass results, which showed that the seats won by Shiv Sena are important for the BJP to gully up its strategy to get Mahayuti's Mayor installed.
"Shinde has already shifted his corporators to a five-star edifice and, arsenic per my information, the BJP is besides readying to determination its corporators to a safer place. Who is acrophobic of whom? You are the government. The Chief Minister is watching corporators being shifted portion attending the World Economic Forum gathering successful Davos [Switzerland]. It is amusing," Mr. Raut told reporters.
Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that the BJP had defeated the Congress successful the metropolis wherever the enactment was born, Mr. Raut said the PM appeared to person ignored history, pointing retired that the (then undivided) Shiv Sena controlled the BMC for the past 25 years portion the Congress had remained mostly marginal successful Mumbai politics.
The Rajya Sabha subordinate besides recalled that the Congress was founded successful Mumbai and the Quit India question had been launched from the metropolis during the state struggle, asserting the BJP did not beryllium during those important phases of India's governmental history.
Asked whether the Shiv Sena (UBT) had decided to beryllium successful the Opposition successful the BMC, Mr. Raut said nary specified determination was taken and the enactment was simply watching the unfolding governmental developments.
"We are enjoying the developments," helium quipped.
In a sarcastic swipe, Raut remarked that the expansive invited accorded to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis successful Switzerland — pursuing the party’s show successful the BMC and different civic polls — made it look arsenic though helium was connected his mode to becoming Prime Minister. The Sena (UBT) leader, however, added that helium would instrumentality pridefulness if a Marathi person were to clasp the station someday.
Mr. Raut besides dismissed speculation astir CM Fadnavis holding talks with Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray.
He further alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was attempting to technologist a divided among BJP corporators successful the neighbouring Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (in Thane district) and could effort a akin determination successful Mumbai.
“Shinde had earlier divided the Shiv Sena with the enactment of Union Home Minister Amit Shah,” helium charged.
