The Congress–Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) alliance suffered a setback ahead of the BMC Election 2026 after the Prakash Ambedkar-led party informed its ally that it lacked candidates in 20 of the 62 seats allotted to it, forcing a possible rework of the poll strategy
30 December,2025 08:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Earlier on Monday, the Congress announced the first list of 87 candidates for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. This came a day after the party announced its alliance with the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) for the civic polls
30 December,2025 09:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Ronak Mastakar
Congress is likely to contest over 150 of the 227 BMC seats, VBA on 62, with a few seats set aside for the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and RPI (Gavai). The alliance decision was jointly announced by Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal and VBA state vice-president Dhairyavardhan Pundkar
28 December,2025 08:05 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Ambedkar pointed out that the Congress and the NCP (SP) were not coming together for the polls, forcing his party to decide whom to align with
24 December,2025 11:02 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
