Updated On: 07 November, 2025 03:16 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The BJP announced a comprehensive list of district-level election heads and in-charges across Maharashtra. Ganesh Naik will supervise election activities in Thane city, Thane rural, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Mira-Bhayandar, Bhiwandi, and Navi Mumbai

Thane, holds strategic importance as it is the home turf of Eknath Shinde. Representational Pic/File
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed minister Ganesh Naik as its election in-charge for Thane district, the political stronghold of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra local body elections.
BJP’s move is being viewed as an effort to balance internal equations within the party and consolidate its base in politically sensitive districts.