Resort politics back in Mumbai as Shinde Sena moves corporators to 5-star hotel

Acting on precaution, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde moved swiftly to secure his camp. The Shiv Sena has shifted its newly-elected Shiv Sena corporators to a hotel in Bandra, according to an earlier HT report.

The buzz in political circles is that the BJP had set an ambitious target of at least 110 seats to edge closer to the halfway mark but fell well short.

In the 227-member BMC, the majority mark stands at 114. The BJP has won 89 seats, while the Eknath Shinde–led Shiv Sena has secured 29, taking the ruling alliance’s tally to 118 , just four seats above the halfway mark. With margins this thin, even a small shift could complicate control of the civic house.