BMC Election: Congress Secures First Win, Defeats Shinde Faction's Vaishali Shewale

• Congress candidate Asha Kale won Ward No. 183 in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections.
• Kale defeated Vaishali Shewale of the Shinde faction by 1450 votes.
• Vaishali Shewale is the sister-in-law of former MP Rahul Shewale and a former corporator.
• This victory marks the first success for Congress in the BMC elections and occurred in Mumbai Congress President Varsha Gaikwad's stronghold, Dharavi.
• Parubai Katke of the Thackeray faction and MNS also faced defeat in this ward.

Why It Matters: Congress opened its BMC election account with a significant win against a prominent Shinde faction leader's relative.