Race to the Gateway of Bombay
Stakes are high, but Mumbai’s civic polls are touch-and-go for both coalitions. Allies’ hyperlocal networks and organisational depth may decide the battle
Ahead of BMC polls, cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray have united on the platform of Marathi asmita (pride) – at stake is the Thackeray political legacy. The two face NDA, the BJP-Shinde Sena alliance, for control of India’s wealthiest civic body. Since the 1980s, the undivided Shiv Sena, in partnership with BJP, has controlled BMC.
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