Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis says BJP will win BMC elections with alliance partner

Amid the ongoing counting for the Gujarat and Himachal Assembly poll results Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday exuded confidence of the BJP and Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena combine winning the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC electionsWe will win the BMC elections along with our alliance partners Fadnavis told ANI on ThursdayOn the MaharashtraKarnataka border dispute Fadnavis added It seemed to be politically motivated by some fringe groups Some people wanted to create unrest in the border areasI have spoken to the Karnataka CM and the police and have also briefed Union Home minister on the situation he further saidAlso Read Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde directs BMC to beautify Mumbai ahead of G20 meetingOn the Karnataka Bank controversy raised by the Opposition Fadnavis said It was the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government which took the decision to vest Karnatakabased banks with the authority to open salary accounts of government officials So they should have checked facts before making any allegations against our governmentAmid the border dispute the state government allowed the use of the privatelyowned Karnataka bank for government transactions including transfer of salaries and pension deposits adding to the furore over the border unrestIn January 2021 the former Uddhav Thackerayled Maharashtra government allowed the use of private sector banks for availing salaries and other government transactionsEarlier in September Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with party leaders in Mumbai and had set a target of 150 seats for the BJPShinde Sena alliance for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC pollsThe Union Home minister also expressed confidence of the BJP winning the highstakes civic pollsAccording to sources Shah had said the target of the BJP and the real Shiv Sena should be to bag at least 150 seats in the BMC polls Referring to the work done by the Modi government he said he was sure the BJP would win the civic electionsHe was also learnt to have said that people are with the BJP and not with the Uddhav party Shah met with BJP MPs MLAs MLCs and corporators and held discussions on the upcoming BMC electionsDuring the 2017 BMC elections of the BMC BJP won 82 of the BMCs 227 seats and eight out of the ten significant municipalities while the Shivsena at 84 finished marginally ahead None of the parties could get near the majority mark of 114The Sena had ruled out any alliance with BJP and contested the 2017 BMC elections soloThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever