Local BJP leaders are eyeing the Jogeshwari Assembly seat, which is currently represented by Shiv Sena faction leader Ravindra Waikar, part of the Shinde Shiv Sena camp. Ujwala Modak, a four-time corporator from Jogeshwari East, recently met with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, urging him to push for the BJP to claim the Jogeshwari seat during the seat-sharing negotiations with its alliance partner.
 
Modak told mid-day, “I have asked our state leadership to claim the Jogeshwari seat. It is the party’s decision on who will be the candidate for this seat. I am one of the candidates interested in contesting from this Assembly seat.”

Ravindra Waikar, MLA, Jogeshwari. PIC/ATUL KAMBLE