Seat-sharing formula for Mumbai civic election will depend on party strength, says CM Fadnavis
BMC election
will depend on the strength of the party, said CM
Devendra Fadnavis
in a town hall talk to a news channel on Wednesday.
Fadnavis said the BJP had 82 sitting corporators in the BMC (in the 2017 election) and 15 MLAs (2024 assembly election), the highest number of MLAs for any party in Mumbai.
He affirmed that elections will be fought as Mahayuti, but the number of seats that every party contests will depend on its strength.
The local body elections will be held in three phases from Oct to Dec for the zilla parishad, nagar panchayat, and municipal corporation, said Fadnavis.
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On the development of Mumbai, Fadnavis said, "Mumbai will remain Mumbai — why should we try to make it like Shanghai or Singapore? Mumbai has its own character, and I believe that character is even better than that of Shanghai or Singapore."
He said they did far more for the Marathi manoos than the opposition. "The Marathi Manoos left Mumbai for far-flung areas while we settled the Marathi manoos in BDD chawls right there itself, giving him a 500 sq ft flat," said Fadnavis, adding that it was PM Narendra Modi who gave the Marathi language the status of a classical language.
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