Shinde Faction MP Ravindra Waikar's Daughter Loses BMC Election

• Deepti Waikar-Potnis, daughter of Shinde faction MP Ravindra Waikar, lost in Mumbai's Ward No. 73.
• She was defeated by Lona Rajendrasingh Rawat of the Shiv Sena Thackeray faction.
• This marks a third electoral setback for Waikar's family; his wife lost the Assembly elections, and he won Lok Sabha by a narrow margin.
• The Waikar family's attempt to regain control in Jageshwari East, a Thackeray faction stronghold, failed.
• Congress's Asha Kale defeated Vaishali Shewale, sister-in-law of former MP Rahul Shewale, in Ward No. 183.

Why It Matters: Shinde faction MP Ravindra Waikar's family faces multiple electoral defeats in Mumbai.