Kangana Ranaut: Actor and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut has congratulated party leaders, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the historic win in the recently-concluded Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections 2026.
The BMC Elections brought a much-expected and abrupt end to the once-undisputed family rule of the Thackeray family.
In an interesting turn of events, Mumbai has rejected the divisive politics, hate-mongering and religion atrocities of Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray to give the Mahayuti Alliance a comfortable majority and the first Mayor from the BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) alliance.
Kangana Ranaut-Uddhav Thackeray Feud
Taking a jibe at Uddhav Thackeray, Kangana remarked she is happy that the nepotism mafia, bullies and women-haters have been shown their right and justified place by the Mumbai citizens.
In 2020, the office of Kangana Ranaut attached to her bungalow was demolished in Mumbai by the BMC when the undivided Shiv Sena was in power.
Kangana then went to seek justice and the Bombay High Court ruled that the the BMC’s actions were nothing but malice in law.
What Changed For The Opposition Parties?
The outdated and hate-filled Marathi pride rhetoric of the Thackeray cousins backfired. Weak organizations within the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) party after the 2024 polls and internal resignations brought it down. If this is not all, legacy issues such as poor infrastructure maintenance, metro delays and potholes along with a split in the Shiv Sena party eroded vote base and cadre.
On the other hand, the booth-level strength of BJP was too much for the opposition parties, especially the Congress and NCP. The Congress was primarily squeezed by Thackeray’s anti-BJP rhetoric and BJP’s non-Marathi Hindu consolidation. It was also weakened by loss of Dalit/Muslim base to Samajwadi Party and AIMIM, no cohesive narrative and chronic infighting between party members.
