AAP on Friday announced that it will contest the upcoming BMC Elections 2026 independently, fielding candidates in all 227 wards and ruling out any alliance with other political parties, party leaders said

"Despite being India's 'Urbs Prima', Mumbai is in a mess" AAP said in a statement

"Mumbaikars pay the highest taxes in the country and yet get shoddy public services," AAP said in a statement

"The BMC is a cesspool of corruption and monumental ineptitude. Every political party has looted Mumbai, prioritising their selfish interests over public good," AAP's Mumbai unit chief Preeti Sharma Menon said

The AAP is not just the alternative but the solution, she said, adding that a few good people in the BMC is what Mumbai desperately needs