Mumbai, Aug. 25 -- Mumbai unit president Advocate Yusuf Abrahani announced that the Samajwadi Party will contest the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections independently, fieling candidates across 150 seats.
The announcement, made alongside senior leader Abu Asim Azmi, signals a potential challenge to established parties like Congress and NCP in the civic polls.
Abrahani said the party's internal surveys indicate strong prospects in 89 constituencies, with historical performance suggesting certain victory in at least 50 seats. He recalled the party's peak years between 1995 and 2003, when it had 23 corporators, 4 MLAs, and ministerial representation, asserting that even ordinary corporators could directly approach the chief...