Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator from F North Ward’s electoral ward number 177, Nehal Shah, has decided to file her nomination as an Independent candidate on Tuesday after the party denied her a ticket from her home ward, which is reserved for women, for the BMC Election 2026.

Shah had won the 2017 BMC election from ward 177 with a margin of over 8,500 votes, securing 11,298 votes, or 56 per cent of the total votes polled.