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Civic polls: Running with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, BJP hunts for Thane
Updated On: 18 July, 2022 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Despite an alliance with Shiv Sena in the state government, party unveils ‘100 per cent BJP’ plan in Thane for the civic elections
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Eknath Shinde is greeted by deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis as he takes charge as state’s CM, at Mantralaya, on July 7
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde may have been the undisputed king of Thane, but that has not deterred his new ally—BJP—to eye his territory. The party has taken a pledge to win 100 per cent seats in the next Thane civic polls despite the fact that 66 of 67 former Shiv Sena corporators are with the Shinde camp. Thane city BJP president Niranjan Dawkhare sought to play it down calling it a routine exercise.
In the 2017 civic polls, of Thane’s 131 seats, the Sena had won 67 wards, while 23 went to the BJP. The NCP had won 34 seats. Corporation elections in Maharashtra are expected to be held in the next few months.
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