New Delhi: The Congress high command has reportedly sought a report from the Maharashtra Congress after its Brihan Mumbai Corporation (BMC) poll debacle. The Shiv Sena-BJP combine won the polls, managing to retain power in the prestigious civic body, the country's richest. This was the first civic elections in Mumbai where the Congress was contesting in an alliance with the NCP.
An honest Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Saturday that the defeat came as a shock for the Congress.
Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Chavan said, "I didn't expect this result at all. Mumbai has been with Sena for the last 16 years, we tried but did not succeed in 2002 and 2007. This time, we tried a different strategy, but we did not succeed."
However, he said that though the Shiv Sena-BJP combine managed to retain power, it was interesting to see Raj Thackeray's MNS take away some seats from Sena. "A very interesting factor here was the MNS breakaway from Sena. They got 28 seats, which is substantial. The point made about identity politics I think needs to be considered seriously. I am not considering it right away. But what really shocked us was that SP got 9 seats. The attempt to consolidate secular votes somewhere was fractured by the Samajwadi Party's performance," he said.
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