India, Sept. 6 -- A political firestorm has erupted in Navi Mumbai after the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) received 2,500 objections/ suggestions to its draft ward plan, released on August 22. More than 1,000 objections/ suggestions were filed by supporters of former BJP minister Ganesh Naik, who alleged that ward boundaries had been redrawn by the urban development department headed by Shiv Sena chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde to fragment the support base of other parties ahead of the upcoming municipal polls. Opposition parties including the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) have also levelled similar allegations.

The NMMC had received only 200 objections/ suggestions when ward boundaries were redrawn ahead ...