Cong. Fighting BMC Polls Alone Will only Help BJP: Sena (UBT)

Cong. fighting BMC polls alone will only help BJP: Sena (UBT)

Shiv Sena (UBT) warns Congress that solo BMC elections will benefit BJP, urging unity in the Opposition alliance.

Shiv Sena-UBT warns Congress against going solo in BMC polls after Bihar debacle

The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday cautioned the Congress against going solo in the forthcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections after a major poll debacle in Bihar. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana, Shiv Sena said if the grand old party decides to fight the election alone, the move will help the BJP and dent Maha Vikas Aghadi. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party also highlighted Rahul Gandhi's remark on “teaching a lesso…

Sena (UBT) suggests Cong review its solo contest decision for BMC polls

Mumbai, Nov 18 (PTI) The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday said the announcement by Congress to go solo in the ensuing elections to the Mumbai civic body is detrimental to Opposition unity and stressed the importance of a combined contest to foil the BJP's "plan" to separate Mumbai.The editorial in Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana made light of ally Congress's concerns over a potential dent in its north Indian and Muslim voter base if Raj Thackeray-led MN…

'Suicidal', Uddhav's Shiv Sena attacks Congress for going solo in BMC polls

Mumbai, Nov 18, 2025 Shiv Sena(UBT) on Tuesday said the Congress party’s announcement of going solo in the ensuing elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be ‘suicidal’, and the opposition unity is essential to checkmate the BJP. The Thackeray camp, in its mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, said unity was needed to stop the BJP plan to “hijack the election system through hooliganism, mob rule, excessive use of money and police force t…