Thackeray Loyalist Nishikant Shinde Defeats Samadhan Sarvankar in BMC Ward 194

• Nishikant Shinde of the Thackeray faction defeated Samadhan Sarvankar (Shinde faction) in BMC Ward 194, Prabhadevi.
• This victory is seen as settling scores, as Samadhan's father, Sada Sarvankar, was previously defeated by Mahesh Sawant (Thackeray faction) in assembly elections.
• Nishikant Shinde won by a narrow margin of 592 votes in the high-voltage contest.
• Ward 194 in Dadar-Prabhadevi was a key battleground after the Shiv Sena split, highlighting the rivalry between the Shinde and Thackeray factions.
• The conflict between Sada Sarvankar and Mahesh Sawant has a history, with past electoral battles and factional clashes in Prabhadevi.

Why It Matters: Thackeray faction's Nishikant Shinde secured a significant victory against the Shinde faction in BMC Ward 194.