Overview
- Nitin Dhande confirmed the BJP has ended its alliance with YSP and withdrawn support from six seats earlier allotted to the party.
- The BJP will support independent candidates it describes as ideologically aligned with the party in those contested wards.
- Dhande alleged YSP violated the understanding by putting up nominees against BJP candidates in multiple areas.
- The split became public at a Chaprasipura rally where Chandrashekhar Bawankule invited independents onstage in Navneet Rana’s presence.
- Despite the rupture, Navneet Rana will campaign for BJP candidates, days after a Mumbai court discharged her in the fake caste certificate case while proceedings against her father continue to February 16.