The Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP) has officially managed to part ways from Shiv Sena after two decades of partnership in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The BJP has claimed the opposition leader post in the civic body after three years of the election. The decision will be taken in the next general body meeting, said Mayor.

The BJP hadn't selected the group leader in the last ten months even after former group leader Manoj Kotak was elected as an MP from the northeast constituency. On Thursday, after a meeting with selected corporators, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Mumbai chairman of BJP and Manoj Kotak declared Vinod Mishra as a group leader and Prabhakar Shinde as a candidate for the opposition leader. Ujjwala Modak and Rita Makwana will be the deputy leader of the party in BMC. The BJP claimed the opposition leader post and gave a letter to Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar.