The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday said that if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda is sure of having the next Mumbai mayor from his party, then he should make a pitch for holding the civic elections immediately.

"If J P Nadda is so sure of having the next Mumbai Mayor from BJP, he should make a call for BMC elections to be held immediately, otherwise it will prove that they are afraid of going to polls and all that he said in Mumbai was only to create a false winning narrative," NCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said in a statement.