Overview
- Shinde faction leader Rahul Shewale said the BJP and Shinde Sena will register together at Konkan Bhavan, a tactic intended to avoid a lottery for the BMC Improvements Committee chair and raise their tally on the 26‑member panel.
- Party and official sources say joint registration would lift the alliance’s committee strength to 14 and likely cost the MNS its seat, while a single shared office inside the BMC would signal tighter coordination.
- Eknath Shinde had prepared a separate BMC group but dropped the plan after talks, as bargaining continues over the mayor’s post and committee control, with the BJP pushing to keep the mayoralty and standing committee and the Sena seeking rotation.
- The BMC mayoral poll has not been scheduled yet and will follow group registrations; under updated rules, Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani will preside over the election instead of the senior-most corporator.
- The Uddhav Sena filed a police complaint over four ‘missing’ KDMC corporators it says are in contact with the Shinde camp, as mayoral election dates were formally set for Nashik (Feb 6), Nagpur (Feb 6), Malegaon (Feb 7) and Panvel (Feb 10), where the Mahayuti group has registered.