Under pressure from the Shiv Sena to concede the Chief Minister's post if the saffron alliance comes to power in the state later this year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked the former if it would part with Mumbai mayor's post and allow them to install their own corporator for the remaining half of the five-year term.

Give and take
Along with mayor, the BJP wants Sena to cede the posts of chairman of Standing Committee and Improvements Committee. The two bodies control the BMC's spending, though they are regulated by a state-appointed civic commissioner (IAS officer).