Shiv Sena tries to woo Gujarati voters in Mumbai

For the upcoming Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is gearing up to appeal to the cosmopolitan voters of Mumbai and not just rely on Marathi voters in Mumbai. Accordingly, efforts are now being made by Shiv Sena to reach out to Gujarati voters in the state including those in Mumbai.

Mumbai Municipal Corporation is considered to be the stronghold of Shiv Sena. However, the party is facing tough competition from BJP. Now, Shiv Sena has launched a campaign to woo Gujarati voters to retain power in Mumbai Municipal Corporation.

Shiv Sena will organise a gathering of Gujarati brothers. And for that, Shiv Sena organizer Hemraj Shah has been given the responsibility of converting Gujarati voters to the Sena. Similarly, to attract Gujarati brothers, the tagline ‘Mumbai Ma Jalebi Na Fafda, Uddhav Thackeray Apda’ is being used for this fair. Invitations have been printed in Gujarati and Marathi for this meet. The gathering will be held in Jogeshwari on January 10, 2021. It is being said that about 100 Gujarati brothers will join Shiv Sena in public at this time.

Therefore, it will be important to see how successful the Shiv Sena's game of attracting traditional BJP voters will be.

BJP has announced the appointment of MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar of Kandivali East Assembly constituency in charge of Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections. BJP has announced that it will contest all the 227 seats on its own in the upcoming municipal elections.

Moreover, the Congress had made organizational changes in Mumbai in view of the forthcoming Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections. Legislative Council MLA Bhai Jagtap has been elected as the President of Mumbai Congress. The Congress has appointed Charan Singh Sapra as the chairman of the executive committee.

Elections for prestigious 10 municipal corporations in the state are expected to be held in the next two months.

During the last assembly elections, Minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray had tried to attract Gujarati voters through posters. In the Worli constituency, a Gujarati-language poster titled ‘Kem Cho Worli’ was put up for Aaditya Thackeray’s election campaign.