With an eye on the election in early 2022, the Shiv Sena-led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have focused on highlighting the vision of the party, state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray in the civic budget declared on Wednesday. While no new projects were introduced, achieving the vision of the Thackeray family seems to be the goal, pointed out opposition party leaders.

While earlier the BMC used to focus on projects for the poor such as toilets for women, Aapli Chikitsa, health card and potable water for all, now it appears to be on the aquarium at Worli, beautification of footpaths and spaces under flyovers. In doing this, the opposition claimed that the civic body has forgotten the poor.