Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said on Saturday that the president of a truly Marathi party like the Nationalist Congress Party should be "a Patil and not a Patel", apparently referring to NCP's working president Praful Patel. We are closing the LIVE blog now

BMC Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad on Thursday alleged large-scale misuse of money and power by the ruling BJP-led alliance in the BMC elections, but expressed confidence that her party would emerge victorious. We are closing the LIVE blog now