BJP Secures Historic Majority in BMC, India's Richest Civic Body

• BJP and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena Mahayuti alliance achieved a majority in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections for the first time.
• This victory marks a significant shift, breaking the 30-year stronghold of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena in the BMC.
• BMC's budget for FY 2025-26 is 74,427 crore rupees, making it the largest to date and exceeding the budgets of several Indian states.
• States like Himachal Pradesh (58,514 cr), Goa (28,162 cr), Tripura (31,412 cr), Sikkim (16,196 cr), and Arunachal Pradesh (39,842 cr) have smaller annual budgets than BMC.
• Compared to other major civic bodies, BMC's budget significantly dwarfs Delhi Municipal Corporation (16,530 cr) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (19,930 cr).

Why It Matters: BJP's historic win in BMC highlights its growing influence and the immense financial power of Mumbai's civic body.