Mumbai: It was September 2020. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took whoopee versus actress Kangana Ranaut's Mumbai office and demolished parts of it. Kangana, who rushed to Mumbai at the time, had uttered a warning versus then Maharashtra Senior Minister Uddhav Thackeray, which turned out to be prophetic.
What was Kangana Ranaut's warning for Uddhav Thackeray?
"Today my house has been broken, tomorrow your swellheadedness will be shattered," Kangana had warned Uddhav Thackeray on that fateful day in 2020.
Now, virtually six years later, with the defeat of the Thackeray brothers in the 2026 BMC elections, Kangana's words seem to be coming true. A 2020 video of Kangana Ranaut versus Uddhav Thackeray is once then going viral on social media.
What did Kangana say then?
Kangana had shared a video on Twitter saying, "Uddhav Thackeray, what do you think? You have taken unconfined revenge on me by demolishing my house with the help of the mucosa mafia,” the Bollywood two-face had said.
“Today my house has been broken, tomorrow your swellheadedness will be shattered. This is the wheel of time. Remember, it doesn't unchangingly remain the same, and I think you have washed-up me a unconfined favour. I knew what the Kashmiri Pandits must have gone through; today I have felt it... Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra," she added.
However, at that time, the Bombay High Court had ordered a stay on the whoopee versus Ranaut's office.
What is Thackeray's fate in the BMC elections?
The Mahayuti syndication of the BJP and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena has registered a massive majority in the 227-seat BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation). Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) has faced a major setback. While the BJP syndication is projected to win 130 seats, Uddhav's Shiv Sena syndication is expected to be limited to just 71 seats. Uddhav Thackeray's visualization to races the elections with Raj Thackeray moreover appears to have backfired. A similar trend is visible in the results of the municipal corporation elections wideness Maharashtra. Here too, the BJP is projected to win a majority. The BJP is poised for a resounding victory in 29 municipal corporations of Maharashtra. For the first time, Mumbai is set to have a BJP mayor.
What well-nigh the Thackeray brothers' ‘Marathi Manoos’ card?
In this election, the Thackeray brothers emphasized the Marathi identity. According to Axis My India, they received a 49% vote share among Marathi voters, but Marathi voters constitute only 38% of the total electorate in Mumbai, while North Indians, Gujaratis, and other communities (30-35%) strongly favored the BJP. The Mahayuti syndication successfully consolidated these non-Marathi votes. The Thackeray alliance's focus remained solely on the Marathi vote.
Did Raj Thackeray manage to convince voters?
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) senior Raj Thackeray recently addressed a rally and said, "People from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar should understand that Hindi is not your language. I don't hate the language, but if you try to impose it, I will kick you. They are coming to Maharashtra from all sides and taking yonder your share. If you lose your land and language, you will be finished."
However, Raj Thackeray's statement united North Indians in favor of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance.
What was the major mistake by Uddhav Thackeray?
According to media reports, Uddhav Thackeray's visualization not to wive with Congress was a major strategic blunder. Raj Thackeray's MNS was once weak. In this situation, Uddhav Thackeray's visualization to welsh the Congress and join hands with Raj Thackeray proved to be a big mistake. Furthermore, aligning with the MNS moreover forfeit the Shiv Sena the minority vote.
What worked in the favour of Mahayuti alliance?
The BJP-Shinde Shiv Sena syndication performed well at the organizational level. The duo of Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde reached out to the public on issues such as inside government schemes, minutiae projects, and 'one nation, one election'. The BJP garnered non-Marathi votes, while Shinde's Shiv Sena brought the Marathas into the alliance. Due to the lack of a stable political stance on local issues, the MNS failed to play a decisive role in elections like the BMC polls.
