Mumbai Mayoral Race: BJP's Strategic Move Amidst Shinde-Thackeray Tussle

• Shiv Sena's 25-year rule in Mumbai ends; BJP emerges as the largest party in municipal elections.
• BJP, with 89 seats, and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), with 29 seats, formed the Mahayuti, crossing the 114-seat majority mark.
• Eknath Shinde is pressuring BJP for the mayoral post for two and a half years, despite BJP being the larger party.
• BJP is reportedly strategizing to install its own mayor by reducing the majority mark, potentially with indirect support from the Thackeray faction.
• Uddhav Thackeray's faction might have its 65 corporators remain absent during the mayoral election, reducing the majority threshold to 82.

Why It Matters: BJP plans to secure Mumbai's mayoral post by strategically reducing the majority mark, bypassing both Shinde and Thackeray's direct support.