Six Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates have been elected unopposed to the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) after the scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination papers, the party claimed on Friday.

Party’s Bhiwandi city chief Harshal Patil said Paresh Chandrakant Chowgule, Sumit Purushottam Patil, Ashwini Sunny Futankar, Deepa Deepak Madhvi, Abushah Lallan Sheikh, and Bharti Hanuman Chaudhary were declared elected unopposed for the January 15 polls. Similar trends have been reported in the neighbouring Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), where the Mahayuti alliance has secured several seats without a contest.