Mumbai: 6 MNS councillors are now legally Shiv Sena corporators
Mumbai: The six councillors who joined the ruling Shiv Sena party of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently after defecting Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) are legally the corporators of Sena now. The Kokan Bhavan Commission has approved all six corporators induction and has sent a letter same to BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta.
The approval announcement was made by Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshvar at General Civic body corporation on Thursday late evening which consist 227 corporators from all parties. After the induction, Sena strength increased in the civic corporation against the second largest party Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) who dreamed to overpower them in the municipal body. With MNS six councillors and with the support of three independent corporators, sena’s strength has increased from 84 to 93.
EDITOR’S PICK
The Shiv Sena decision to break with the BJP raises but only one question: Why wait till 2019, why not… Will fossil fuels see a decline in coming decade?
In October last year, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG); Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship… BJP: Old allies falling by the side
As general elections draw closer, the first fissures in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have surfaced, with the Shiv… Yechury-Karat tussle hurts CPI(M)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is at the crossroads. Not since the split of 1964, when it and the… Breaking heads over ailing Air India
LEE Kuan Yew’s prescription is predictably drastic. He would “let Air India die naturally” he said, instead of breaking heads…
