20 January,2026 10:51 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
MNS leader Yashwant Killedar said that his party would oppose the project. File Pic/Ashish Raje
The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Yashwant Killedar on Tuesday said his party would not permit the construction of a proposed Bihar Bhawan in Mumbai, reported the PTI.
Killedar, a newly elected corporator, was responding to reports that the Bihar government plans to build a 30-storey structure in the Maharashtra capital.
The proposed building is said to include a 240-bed dormitory intended to accommodate cancer patients from Bihar undergoing treatment in Mumbai, according to the PTI.
Questioning the Bihar government's spending priorities, Killedar said that the Maharashtra was currently grappling with multiple challenges, including agrarian distress, rising education costs, inflation and unemployment, the news agency reported.
He criticised the proposal to spend Rs 314 crore on the Bihar Bhawan project, arguing that the funds would be better utilised within Bihar itself.
"If money is being spent for cancer patients coming from Bihar, then that money should be spent in Bihar. There is no justification for such a project in Mumbai," he said.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is known for its strong opposition to what it describes as the undue influx of people from northern Indian states.
Killedar reiterated that the party would continue to oppose the project.
"Bihar Bhawan will not come up as long as the MNS is here," he asserted.
Meanwhile, MNS leader Amit Thackeray on Tuesday took a dig at deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
Amit stated that keeping Shiv Sena corporators in hotels amid the ongoing political churn is a mockery of the BMC polls.
Taking it to social media platform X, Amit Thackeray shared a virtually animated picture of Shiv Sena corporators along with the caption, "Are the councilors âmissing'?" The remark by Amit Thackeray is widely seen as a jibe at the Shiv Sena's strategy of housing elected representatives in hotels to prevent defections and manage numbers.
Expanding his criticism of Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, Amit Thackeray said that once elections are over, elected representatives should return to their wards to thank voters and begin addressing civic issues.
The MNS leader also added, "After being elected, representatives should actually go back to their wards, meet the people and start solving their problems. But unfortunately, those whom the public has elected are today âhappily' imprisoned behind the closed doors of five-star hotels."
Amit Thackeray's remarks come at a time when political scenarios in Mumbai remain volatile following the BMC Election 2026 and the BJP's alliance with the Shiv Sena.
(with PTI inputs)
