Mumbai:Feb 23, 2017: Ashish Shelar, President of Mumbai unit of Bharatiya Janata Party offering sweet to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Devendra Fadnavis at the party office in Dadar after a massive win of the party in the Municipal Corporation election on Thursday. The civic poll was conducted in 10 cities of Maharashtra on February 21. Photo:Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury.
With Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis leading the campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party won big in the Maharashtra municipal elections, with the party coming out on top in eight of the 10 corporations. The Shiv Sena, which decided to go it alone, won Mumbai and Thane.
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at Sena Bhavan in Mumbai on Thursday.
In the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, it was a close call with Uddhav Thackeray and his Shiv Sena winning 84 of the 227 seats, and the BJP bagging 82. In Pune, a stronghold of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the BJP did extremely well, winning 98 of 112 seats, leading to celebrations by party workers. The NCP managed to win only 40 seats and the Shiv Sena barely 10. Mr. Fadnavis thanked the people of Maharashtra for the victory and said they had voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies, including demonetisation. The Chief Minister had campaigned for transparency in the municipal bodies.
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With Chief Minister Devendra Phadnavis (top right) leading the campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won big in the Maharashtra municipal elections, with the party coming out on top in eight of the 10 corporations. The Shiv Sena, which decided to go it alone, won Mumbai and Thane. In the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, it was a close call with Uddhav Thackeray (bottom right) and his Shiv Sena winning 84 of the 227 seats, and the BJP bagging 82. In Pune, a stronghold of the Nationalist Congress Party, the BJP did extremely well, winning 98 of 112 seats. The NCP managed to win only 40 seats and the Shiv Sena barely 10. BJP supporters celebrate their win in Pune (extreme right)
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