BMC: BJP’s Ritu Tawde assumes charge as Mumbai mayor, Sanjay Ghadi named her deputy

MUMBAI: BJP’s Ritu Tawde and Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Ghadi was announced arsenic the Mumbai Mayor and lawman Mayor respectively connected Wednesday, by the BMC head Bhushan Gagrani successful a peculiar gathering that was called astatine the civic office astatine 12 noon.

Tawde took implicit from the head which was successful spot successful the lack of an elected location since 2022. The erstwhile word of corporators ended successful March 2022. The civic elections were held lone connected Jan 15,2026 keeping BMC nether the administrators regularisation for astir 4 years.In the 227 civic house, the BJP enactment had won 89 seats, UBT Shiv Sena won 65 seats making it the 2nd largest governmental enactment successful the BMC house. The Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena won 29 corporator seats portion the Congress won 24 seats, MIM 8 seats, MNS 6 and Samajwadi won 2, portion the 2 factions of the NCP won 4 seats .The BJP & Shinde led Sena had fought successful confederation arsenic Mahayuti making them the bloc with the highest fig of corporators :118. This paved mode for them to person a politician and lawman mayor.Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde were contiguous successful the civic assemblage during the predetermination process.