A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a decisive victory in the 2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addressed the party’s winning candidates in Mumbai. The BJP–Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena alliance won 118 of the 227 seats in the civic polls. PIC/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI

Victorious MNS candidates from the Kalyan–Dombivali Municipal Corporation elections called on party chief Raj Thackeray at his residence `Shivtirth` in Mumbai following the Maharashtra civic polls 2026. The party secured five seats in the 122-ward corporation (PICS/ASHISH RAJE)