Not letting go: BJP conveys BMC resolve to Sena
Mumbai, Jan. 20 -- At a late-night meeting in Mumbai on Sunday, the BJP conveyed in no uncertain terms that it will not concede either the prestigious mayor's post or the post of the standing committee chief in the BMC to its junior alliance partner, the Shiv Sena, people familiar with the matter said.
In the meeting between Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde and state BJP chief Ravindra Chavan, Shinde was also told that his corralling of his newly-elected corporators to a suburban five-star hotel as a bargaining chip, was "unbecoming," BJP leaders present at the meeting told HT.
In Maharashtra's civic polls last week, the BJP won 23 of the 29 municipal corporations including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation where the party won 89 seats to...
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