Meanwhile, former mayor Kishori Pednekar of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and likely candidate for Mumbai mayor's post said, "We accept the calculations of numbers and have accepted them.
As per the lottery system, the post of the Mayor of Mumbai has been reserved for women of the general category.
The BJP issued an official statement on Monday in support of constructing a Bihar Bhavan in Mumbai, even as the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has vowed to prevent it at all costs.
The development came after Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde housed his elected corporators at Hotel Taj Land's End in Bandra West to prevent any "poaching" attempts.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) results mean Mumbai will soon have its first Mahayuti Mayor, and possibly the first 'BJP Marathi Mayor', as the saffron party has promised.
The notification was issued under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, using powers delegated to the state government by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1968.
The verbal to-and-fro between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai ahead of the high-stakes BMC elections has revived old fault lines over regional identity, migration, and Mumbai’s status as India’s financial capital.
The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is said to have demanded around 125 seats from the BJP.
This was among the 230 samples tested by the health authorities as part of its sero survey in which the XE variant was revealed, while another patient was found infected with the Kappa variant.
An official said that the doctors had no medical degrees or certificates or registration with the Maharashtra Medical Council or any other authority and were found to be impersonators.
