Ahead Of BMC polls, Uddhav Starts Review Of Sena (UBT) In Mumbai

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday started a three-day exercise to assess his party바카라�s position in Mumbai, where civic polls are likely to be held next year, one of his close aides said.

After the split in the Bal Thackeray-founded Shiv Sena in 2022, the recently concluded assembly elections were seen as a litmus test for Uddhav바카라�s party, which is a constituent of the opposition bloc Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

However, the MVA performed disastrously winning only 46, including 20 by Sena (UBT), of the state바카라�s 288 assembly seats. Of the 36 assembly seats in Mumbai, Sena (UBT) contested in 21 constituencies and won 10.

Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab said, 바카라�Uddhav ji is taking stock of the poll preparedness of Sena (UBT) in all 227 municipal wards of Mumbai. The deliberations will go on for three days.바카라�

Local body elections, including in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), could be held in March-April 2025 if the Supreme Court gives its verdict over the 바카라�OBC (Other Backward Class) quota바카라� in January.

Following the setback in the state polls, the Sena (UBT) is keen to retain the BMC, which is among Asia바카라�s richest civic bodies. The corporation바카라�s last budget outlay stood at nearly Rs 60,000 crore, higher than some states in the country.

The five-year term of most municipal corporations, including the BMC, and many other local bodies in the state expired in 2022.

In December 2021, the Supreme Court had ruled that reservation for OBCs in local bodies would not be allowed unless the government fulfilled the triple test laid down in the apex court바카라�s 2010 order. It had ruled that until the triple test criteria was fulfilled, OBC seats would be re-notified as general category seats.

The triple test required the state government to set up a dedicated commission to gather data on the backwardness of OBCs in every local body, to specify the proportion of reservation in each local body in light of the commission바카라�s recommendations, and ensure that such reservation does not exceed the overall 50 per cent quota ceiling.