Overview
- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said the party will act against Chandrapur leaders who helped the BJP win the mayor’s post, stressing the move did not reflect Uddhav Thackeray’s line.
- BJP’s Sangeeta Khandekar secured the Chandrapur mayorship by a single vote over the Congress, with Sena (UBT) corporator Prashant Danav elected deputy mayor.
- MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande alleged Sena (UBT) corporators were offered Rs 1 crore each to back the BJP in Chandrapur, a claim local Sena (UBT) leaders rejected as baseless.
- In Parbhani, Sena (UBT)’s Sayed Iqbal was elected mayor with Congress and independent support by 39–26, drawing BJP attacks over his Muslim identity.
- Sena (UBT)’s Saamana editorial dismissed the BJP’s criticism of Parbhani as “intellectual bankruptcy,” while Raut said Sharad Pawar intends to contest the April Rajya Sabha polls and that MVA partners will confer on the plan.