BMC Mayor will be from Shiv Sena: Uddhav Thackeray
After emerging as the single largest party in the recently concluded BMC election, Shiv Sena supremo on Thursday said the Mayor will be from his party. He further went on to say that not only the Mayor but the next CM of Maharashtra will also be from Shiv Sena. Thackeray, however, refused to comment on any possibility of an alliance.
As uncertainty loomed large in the BMC polls due to a hung House, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today exuded confidence that the party will retain the coveted Mayors post, even as he hesitated to give a definitive answer on whether there would be an alliance.As the results of the civic polls trickled in, Sena was at the top after winning 84 seats in the 227-member BMC, while its estranged ally BJP was close behind at 82.Also read: Maharashtra civic polls in nutshell: BJP second best to Shiv Sena in Mumbai but top across stateBMC election result 2017: Shiv Sena should align with us again, says BJP