New Delhi, Feb 7: The BJP on Saturday named Ghatkopar corporator Ritu Tawde as its mayoral candidate for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), according to The Times of India. The announcement was made by Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam at the civic headquarters in the presence of party leaders and corporators.
Tawde’s name had been in contention along with Sion corporator Rajeshree Shirwadkar ahead of the decision. Calling it a “historic moment”, Tawde thanked the party leadership for the responsibility.
Meanwhile, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena announced Sanjay Ghadi as its candidate for the post of deputy mayor, which carries a tenure of one-and-a-half years. Satam said the BJP–Shiv Sena alliance would work towards making Mumbai a corruption-free city. The ruling alliance expressed confidence of winning both the mayoral and deputy mayoral posts, citing its numerical strength of 118 corporators, even if the Opposition fields candidates.
