Bal Thackeray. File pic/AFP

Ahead of the corporation elections, Shiv Sena-BJP led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has cleared the decks for the memorial of late Sena chief Bal Thackeray at the Mayor Bungalow in Shivaji Park. Yesterday, the civic body’s Improvement Committee passed the proposal to hand over the land to the Balasaheb Thackeray Rashtriya Smarak Nyas (BTRSN) to set up the memorial.