MUMBAI: In the run-up to the BMC elections in early 2022, the Shiv Sena-led standing committee chairman Yashwant Jadhav on Monday said “15 to 20 dissatisfied BJP corporators” were in touch with them.
Jadhav hinted at their inclusion into the Sena fold, adding a “dhamaka” can be expected in December. He said they will not allow injustice and if any corporator approaches them, they will be treated well. Currently, the maximum corporators at 97 are from the Sena, followed by the BJP with 81, two of whom had passed away, Ram Barot and Sunil Yadav. “Some BJP corporators are fed up with the dominance of the senior rung of the BJP in the BMC that has not been taking them into consideration,” said Jadhav.
In response, Prabhakar Shinde, BJP leader in the BMC, said, “This claim by the Shiv Sena is absurd and they need to stop dreaming. It appears they are making such kind of claims only to divert from core issues.”
