MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced that it will contest the upcoming BMC Elections 2026 independently, fielding candidates in all 227 wards and ruling out any alliance with other political parties, party leaders said.
The polls are scheduled to be held on January 15, 2026 and counting of the votes will be held on 16th January. Besides the Mumbai BMC, 28 Municipal corporations in Maharashtra will go to polls on 15th Jan.
The party spoke to media persons in Mumbai on Friday, explaining their stand regarding the civic polls.
The party said that the decision marks its formal entry into Mumbai’s civic politics and aims to provide an alternative to what it described as decades of misgovernance by established parties. It said Mumbaikar’s need a good alternative to the Congress and Shiv Sena parties, which have been looting the city for decades.
Addressing the media, Preeti Sharma Menon, AAP Mumbai chief, said that despite Mumbai’s status as India’s Urbs Prima, civic governance had deteriorated sharply.
“The BMC has an annual budget of Rs 74,447 crore, the largest in Asia. Mumbaikars pay the highest taxes in the country, yet receive poor-quality public services,” she said.
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