To ensure their good representation in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the city's north Indian aspirants across party lines are lobbying hard to get election tickets this year. Traditionally, the Congress has been giving more representation to the community, including Hindus and Muslims. But now eyes are also set on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to field more from the migrant communities that have sided with it since 2014.

Competition is fierce in the Congress and BJP. It is because Congress had an unexpectedly higher traction in the Lok Sabha polls, and that has inspired north Indians to fill the void created by defections to the BJP. The Congress has some competitive Muslim candidates who find their roots up north, but the real issue in the party is about non-Muslim north Indians.