Mumbai, Jan. 4 -- Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik stated that his party's primary electoral opponents in the 2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena.

Responding to allegations of diverting minority votes, he said they were not contesting many minority areas.

"On most of the seats, our party is contesting against the BJP and the Shinde's Sena. We are not contesting elections in the minority areas. We are not contesting in Shivaji Nagar's three wards, where the minority is 90 per cent," Malik told ANI.

He added that when the results are out, it will be clear that our direct opponents are the Shinde faction and the BJP.

"Our fight in this el...