Newly elected BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena corporators on Monday reached the BMC headquarters in south Mumbai and completed their registration, weeks after the conclusion of the Mumbai civic polls held on January 15. (PICS/ ASHISH RAJE)

A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a decisive victory in the 2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addressed the party’s winning candidates in Mumbai. The BJP–Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena alliance won 118 of the 227 seats in the civic polls. PIC/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI