India, Jan. 20 -- Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday said the BJP should get the mayor's post in Mumbai since it emerged as the largest party in the civic polls in the metropolis.

In an alliance of multiple parties, there is a general understanding that the mayor's post is usually given to the party which wins the maximum number of seats, the Republican Party of India (A) president said. While the BJP has won 89 seats (in the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation), 29 seats were bagged by Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment said at a press conference.

"It is also a fact that without Shiv Sena's support, the BJP can't appoint its mayor. I am confident Maharashtra Chief M...