On the last date of filing nominations for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its list of 195 candidates for the 227-member house. It has left 32 seats for its allies including the Republican Party of India (Athavale) faction and Rashtriya Samaj Paksha.
The party has fielded maximum Marathi faces with 93 candidates followed by 29 Gujarathi candidates and 25 North Indians. Both North Indians and Gujaratis make up for less than one-third of the total candidates in fray. The party has fielded 117 women candidates, clearly giving them precedence over and above the mandatory 50% reservation.
The list of the candidates was released in the early hours of Friday after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave his final approval to it.
