The Congress, which allied with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), RSP, and RPI (Gavai) in the recently held polls, logged its historically lowest tally, managing just 24 seats in the 227-member BMC
Ashraf Azmi. Pic/X
The Congress on Monday appointed three-time corporator Ashraf Azmi as the group leader of the party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Azmi, who won from Kurla, has been made the Congress group leader in the new civic body.
The Congress, which allied with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), RSP, and RPI (Gavai) in the recently held polls, logged its historically lowest tally, managing just 24 seats in the 227-member BMC.
The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won a clear majority in the cash-rich civic body, clinching 89 and 29 seats, respectively, while the Shiv Sena (UBT) won 65 seats, and its ally, MNS, emerged victorious on six.
Mark of respect to Bal Thackeray: Eknath Shinde hints at Shiv Sena's claim to Mumbai mayor's post
Meanwhile, citing emotions of Shivsainiks, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday hinted at Shiv Sena's claim to the Mumbai mayor's post, projecting it as a mark of respect to Bal Thackeray in his birth centenary year amid a reported tussle with ally BJP, reported PTI.
Aware of the political interpretations of his remarks, Shinde attributed the demand to a section of Sena workers, emphasising that Mumbai will have a Mahayuti mayor, reported PTI.
Similarly, mayors of the Mahayuti alliance will be installed in those civic bodies where the Shiv Sena and BJP had contested the elections together, he told reporters.
"Balasaheb Thackeray's birth centenary year starts from January 23. Some Shivsainiks have the feeling that a Shiv Sena mayor should be installed in the BMC," he said, reported PTI.
He stressed that the Shiv Sena would not take any decision that goes against the people's mandate, emphasising that the Shiv Sena and BJP had fought the Mumbai civic elections as an alliance.
Amid a debate over the exact motive behind Shiv Sena shifting its newly elected members to a posh hotel in Mumbai, Shinde scotched reports of new political equations emerging in Mumbai or elsewhere in Maharashtra.
Officially, the Shiv Sena maintains that the newly elected members were shifted to the hotel for an orientation workshop about the functioning of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The move followed the declaration of the BMC poll results last week, which showed that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had emerged as the second largest party after the BJP by winning 65 seats.
The BJP won 89 seats and its ally, the Shiv Sena, 29, handing the Mahayuti combine a narrow majority in the 227-member BMC.
(With inputs from PTI)
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