Ahead of the BMC elections next year, a Congress corporator from Andheri may soon switch to Shivsena. Sushma Rai, the Congress corporator from Andheri East, confirmed that she will soon join the Shiv Sena.
Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has been given the permission to hold a rally in Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency next week. Poll authorities had reportedly denied permission to the rally earlier. The Mumbai city district election office said that it had set up a single-window clearance system for giving permission to election campaigning for all candidates.