Shinde launched the operation during his two-day Delhi visit, where he reportedly met party leaders and Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MPs to discuss how and when the plan should be executed.
Speaking at Bal Thackeray’s centenary, Uddhav said attempts were made to erase the Thackeray name, but they failed, and alleged money power was used for the first time in BMC polls.
The single largest BJP with 89 seats, and its ally the Shinde-led Shiv Sena with 29 seats, neither have any ST category newly elected corporators who can throw their hat for the reserved Mayor post.
A day after the BJP-Sena combine wrested the Mumbai civic body from the Thackerays in high-stakes elections, Uddhav interacted with Sena (UBT) workers.
Marathi manoos backed Uddhav over Shinde, but his alliance with brother Raj Thackeray, whose past tirades against North Indians and Muslims, backfired and cost him broader support.
Asked if he wishes to blame someone for the "falling standards" of politics, Uddhav said, More than a person, it would be the behaviour, like the behaviour of the BJP.
