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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicCivic polls

Topic: Civic polls

BMC power tussle—BJP, Shinde Sena agree on mayor post, but haggle over standing committee chairships

BJP is set to get BMC mayor’s post & the Shiv Sena (Shinde) the deputy’s position, but the BJP is not willing to part with the standing committee chairperson’s position.

BMC in its grip, why BJP is now betting big on Bengaluru civic polls

In spite of being reduced from 104 to 66 assembly seats in 2023, it has a good track record in Bengaluru as seen in its vote share. Plus, all four parliamentary seats are with BJP.

Fading in the city it was born, Congress slips to its lowest total in Mumbai’s BMC polls

24 seats party won is lower than its worst of 31 in 2017. Party says it has '2029 vision—to contest elections within Constitutional framework using party's core value system'.

‘Why marker pens in BMC polls?’ Voters, opposition complain ‘indelible’ ink getting erased, CM responds

Poll body releases statement saying that it is wrong to erase ink & confuse voters. Fadnavis, meanwhile, says some people were preparing to blame something for the poll results.

Marathi manoos to ‘Adanistan’: 5 talking points of Maharashtra’s high-stakes civic polls campaign

With unopposed wins & shifting alliances, the high-voltage campaign for municipal corporation elections in the state was dominated by a host of volatile issues.

How Mumbai’s redevelopment frenzy is forcing parties to rethink BMC poll strategy

Voters are on the move as redevelopment of old buildings picks pace in Mumbai, and political parties are scrambling to track their supporters ahead of civic polls.

It’s not just Bhai Jagtap. ‘Go solo’ call builds in Mumbai Congress, sparking ripples in MVA

Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut dismissed Jagtap's suggestion, but Mumbai Congress president admits many Congress workers do feel party should fight separately. 

BJP’s ‘resort politics’ goes international, 12 councillors flown to Nepal ahead of Manesar civic polls

Gurugram: ‘Resort politics’ has gone international, that too with civic polls. The BJP is sending its councillors from Manesar beyond the country’s borders—to Nepal....

Thackerays have a plan to whip up support before civic polls. It starts on Shinde’s home turf

Focus will be on building party at grassroots-level, say leaders. Exercise to cover Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Beed, among others, followed by stock-taking.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.