US EditionBJP's 'Prathistha, Parampara' Meme Dig at Rahul Gandhi as Congress Trails in Maharashtra Civic Election
- On Friday, early trends ended post-2019 uncertainty in Maharashtra as the Bharatiya Janata Party hit a historic high in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, with Devendra Fadnavis emerging as the top leader.
- BJP strategy relied on careful ward-level work led by Devendra Fadnavis and focused on roads, sanitation and infrastructure, while Congress suffered from weak mobilisation and lack of strong local leaders.
- Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena leads around 60 seats, down from 84 in 2017, while Eknath Shinde's faction leads 26 and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena rose to nine seats.
- Control of Mumbai as the country's richest municipal corporation strengthens Bharatiya Janata Party in Mumbai and state politics, while Congress fell to 12 seats.
- A broader takeaway is that Sharad Pawar, NCP failed to win any BMC seat while Ajit Pawar, NCP won only three, showing urban organisation mattered more than legacy.
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BJP's 'Prathistha, Parampara' meme dig at Rahul Gandhi as Congress trails in Maharashtra civic election
BJP has slammed Rahul Gandhi as Congress trails in Maharashtra civic polls. As vote counting progressed at 5 PM, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance was leading in 130 of 227 BMC seats. The BJP is set to become the largest party, and opposition parties like Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and MNS are trailing.
Maharashtra local body polls: BJP leads in key cities as opposition falls behind
BMC election 2026 trends show the BJP–Shiv Sena alliance firmly ahead, leading in 125 wards, with the BJP emerging as the single largest party with 75 leads. The UBT–MNS–NCP(SP) alliance is trailing, while both NCP factions remain without a single lead. The BJP is also leading across ...
Various exit polls have predicted a landslide victory for the BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde) alliance in the Mumbai BMC elections. The accuracy of these exit polls will be determined shortly, when the vote count begins. Tight security arrangements have been made for the vote count, and a large number of security personnel have been deployed at all counting centers.
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