(From left) MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray. PICS/RANE ASHISH

MNS leader says, `Sena (UBT) corporators took money from BJP`

political rift between Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) seems to be widening. On Thursday, MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande accused Shiv Sena (UBT) corporators of supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

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BJP mayoral candidate Ritu Tawde, and Shiv Sena’s deputy mayoral candidate Sanjay Shankar Ghadi (left), file their nominations. PIC/PTI

Mumbai’s deputy mayor nominee Sanjay Ghadi pitches for stronger civic powers
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BJP leader Ritu Tawde and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Ghadi files nomination at BMC headquarters. (Pic/BMC)

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Shiv Sena nominates Sanjay Ghadi as their candidate for deputy mayor in BMC

Shiv Sena nominates Sanjay Ghadi for the post of Deputy Mayor in BMC
(From left) Raj Thackeray with Uddhav Thackeray during the Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s birth anniversary in Mumbai. File PIC/ASHISH RAJE

Raj Thackeray shuts down Shiv Sena (UBT) blame after MNS poll flop
BJP’s and Shinde Sena’s newly elected corporators head to Konkan Bhavan, Belapur, for group registration after their party registration at BMC HQ on Monday. PIC/ASHISH RAJE

Mumbai: Mahayuti parties register BMC corporators separately
The mayoral election will take place at the BMC headquarters in south Mumbai. Representational Pic/iStock/File

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BJP appoints Ganesh Khankar as their leader in BMC. (Pic/BJP media cell)

BJP appoints Ganesh Khankar as group leader in BMC; Shiv Sena appoints Ghole

BMC headquarters in Fort. File pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut. File Pic

BJP unlikely to share Mumbai mayor’s post with Shinde Sena: Sanjay Raut
Uddhav Thackeray said that attempts were being made to erase the Thackeray name, but such efforts will not succeed. Pic/Ashish Raje

Shiv Sena (UBT) is an idea BJP cannot finish: Uddhav Thackeray
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Explained: The step-by-step process to elect Mumbai’s mayor
Uddhav Thackeray betrayed Devendra Fadnavis for the chief minister’s post, State BJP media in-charge Navnath Ban said. File Pic

Uddhav paying price for 2019 ‘betrayal’, says BJP as MNS backs Shiv Sena in KDMC