‘Fighting with full strength’: Supriya Sule confident ahead of BMC elections

Nationalist Congress PartySharadchandra Pawar NCPSCP MP Supriya Sule has expressed confidence in the party performing well in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC elections saying the atmosphere is very good and her party was prepared to contest the polls with full strength reported news agency ANISpeaking in Mumbai Sule said The atmosphere is very good Work should be done here in a transparent and honest manner so we are fighting with full strengthThe NCPSCP on December 29 released its list of candidates for the upcoming BMC elections 2026 The list includes candidates for seven wards across Mumbai Ajit Ravarane has been fielded from Ward No 43 Sanjay Bhimrao Kamble from Ward 140 SC Shraddha Javed Despande from Ward No 78 Ganesh Shinde from Ward No 48 Rohini Madan Khanvilkar from Ward N 59 and Manju Ravindra Jadhav from Ward 112Earlier the Ajit Pawarled NCP announced its first list of 37 candidates for BMC elections 2026 With the release of its first list of candidates the NCP has decided to go soloThe list includes candidates Manish Dubey from Ward No 3 Cyril Peter DSouza from Ward No 48 Ahmed Khan from Ward No 62 Baban Ramchandra Madne from Ward No 76 Sachin Tambe from Ward No 93 Mrs Ayesha Shams Khan from Ward No 96 Abdul Rashid Captain Malik from Ward No 165 and Sabia Aslam Merchant from Ward No 224The list also features candidates such as Akshay Mohan Pawar Jyoti Devidas Sadavarte Rachana Ravindra Gavas Bhagyashree Rajesh Kedare and Dr Saeeda Khan among othersThe Maharashtra State Election Commission has announced elections to 29 municipal corporations across the state including the BMC Pune Municipal Corporation and PimpriChinchwad Municipal Corporation Mumbai will see polling across 227 electoral wards on January 15 with counting scheduled for January 16Pune civic polls NCP factions release joint manifesto Ajit Pawar and Sule share daisMeanwhile the NCP led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and the NCP SP headed by his uncle Sharad Pawar on Saturday released a joint manifesto for the upcoming elections to the Pune municipal corporationAjit Pawar and his cousin Supriya Sule the working president of NCP SP shared the dais at a joint press conference signalling growing proximity between the two factions after a bitter split in 2023The NCP although a member of the ruling Mahayuti and NCP SP a constituent of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi have joined hands for the January 15 elections to Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic bodiesSule and other NCP SP leaders who had largely remained absent from the campaign so far were present at the release of the manifestoAddressing the gathering Ajit Pawar said the manifesto focuses on key civic issues in Pune The poll document assures tap water supply easing of traffic congestion potholefree roads cleanliness hitech healthcare services pollution control and slum rehabilitationHe said the manifesto also proposes free travel on PMPML buses and the metro waiver of property tax for houses up to 500 sq ft and free computer tablets for studentsWith inputs from ANI