Ending days of suspense over the Mumbai mayor’s post, the Mahayuti alliance has finally announced its candidate. BJP’s Ritu Tawde has been chosen as the next Mayor of Mumbai, while Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shankar Ghadi has been nominated as Deputy Mayor.
The elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and 28 other civic bodies in Maharashtra were held on January 15. In the BMC polls, the BJP won 89 seats and the Shiv Sena, led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, secured 29 seats. Together, the alliance crossed the halfway mark of 144 seats needed to control the civic body.
On January 22, a lottery was held to decide the category of mayoral posts. For Mumbai, it was decided that the mayor would be a woman from the General category. Along with Mumbai, cities like Pune, Dhule, Nanded-Waghala and Navi Mumbai also got women mayors from the General category. |
