Raj Thackeray’s MNS Backs Shinde Sena In Kalyan-Dombivli To Preserve BJP Away From Mayor’s Submit | Politics Information

Final Up to date:January 21, 2026, 16:30 IST

Despite the fact that the Shinde Sena and the BJP are a part of the ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra, the 2 events locked horns to wrest the mayor’s publish in Kalyan-Dombivli.

In a major improvement within the Kalyan–Dombivli Municipal Company (KDMC), Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has prolonged help to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena regardless of the 2 events being rivals.

Regardless of the Thackeray brothers contesting the civic polls collectively, the MNS has prolonged help for rival Shinde faction, dealing a blow to Uddhav Thackeray.

Former MNS MLA Pramod Patil introduced the choice on behalf of the occasion’s 5 corporators. Earlier within the day, all 53 Shiv Sena corporators visited the Konkan Divisional Commissioner’s workplace in Navi Mumbai to formally register their group, as per information reviews. On the similar venue, the 5 MNS corporators accomplished their procedural formalities and formally declared help for the Shiv Sena.

Within the not too long ago concluded elections to the 122-member KDMC, the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) emerged as the only largest occasion with 53 seats, adopted carefully by the BJP with 50. Shiv Sena (UBT) received 11 seats, the MNS secured 5, Congress two, and NCP (SP) one. The bulk mark within the civic physique is 62.

Despite the fact that the Shinde Sena and the BJP are a part of the ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra, the 2 events locked horns to wrest the mayor’s publish in Kalyan-Dombivli with Shinde Sena opting the MNS over the saffron occasion.

Confirming the event, Kalyan Lok Sabha MP Shrikant Shinde stated the MNS had prolonged help preserving town’s improvement in thoughts. He clarified that the Shiv Sena and BJP had contested the civic elections collectively as a part of the Mahayuti alliance and asserted that the mayor of KDMC could be from the Mahayuti. A closing choice on the mayoral publish, he stated, could be taken collectively by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and BJP state president Ravindra Chavan.

With MNS’s backing, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena’s tally rises to 58 corporators, simply 4 wanting the bulk mark. Shrikant Shinde additionally indicated that just a few corporators from the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction may lengthen help, which might assist the alliance cross the midway mark with out counting on the BJP.

Reacting to the transfer, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Anil Parab stated, “That is their occasion’s choice. We’ll solely discuss our personal occasion.”

In the meantime, the suspense continues over the mayor publish for Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC), the place the BJP-Shinde Sena mix ended the Thackeray household’s almost three-decade dominance over India’s richest civic physique.

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