{"id":21922,"date":"2025-10-30T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/from-app-based-surveys-to-street-level-outreach-shinde-sena-steps-up-mumbai-poll-prep-exclusive-elections-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T05:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:30:24","slug":"from-app-based-surveys-to-street-level-outreach-shinde-sena-steps-up-mumbai-poll-prep-exclusive-elections-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/from-app-based-surveys-to-street-level-outreach-shinde-sena-steps-up-mumbai-poll-prep-exclusive-elections-news\/","title":{"rendered":"From App-Based Surveys To Street-Level Outreach, Shinde Sena Steps Up Mumbai Poll Prep | Exclusive | Elections News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9668367\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 30, 2025, 10:45 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9668367\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3376475357 asubttl-schema\">Using the party\u2019s Shivdoot network and a mobile application called Lakshavedh, local teams have begun door-to-door verification of voter lists<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3376475357 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"For the Shinde Sena, Mumbai\u2019s civic body election is not just another contest---it\u2019s a prestige battle. (PTI)\" title=\"For the Shinde Sena, Mumbai\u2019s civic body election is not just another contest---it\u2019s a prestige battle. (PTI)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3376475357\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For the Shinde Sena, Mumbai\u2019s civic body election is not just another contest&#8212;it\u2019s a prestige battle. (PTI)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections expected soon, former Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde\u2019s Shiv Sena has shifted into high gear across Mumbai. The party has begun an aggressive ground-level restructuring and outreach campaign aimed at tightening its grip on the city\u2019s vast voter base.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">According to party insiders, micro-planning has been launched in every ward to ensure that the organisation remains election-ready. Over the past two months, between 2,500 and 3,000 new appointments have been made across various divisions. In each ward, around 50 or more local functionaries, both men and women, have been assigned specific roles to strengthen the party\u2019s presence at the booth level.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">The move also comes after recent discontent over the appointment of new divisional heads. To ease the friction, the leadership has pacified former ward and division chiefs by assigning them new responsibilities as \u201cdivision coordinators&#8221; and \u201cbranch coordinators&#8221;. The idea, sources say, is to keep the organisational machinery united and motivated before the polls.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">Shinde\u2019s Shiv Sena is now mirroring the outreach models earlier adopted by its political rivals. Using the party\u2019s Shivdoot network and a mobile application called Lakshavedh, local teams have begun door-to-door verification of voter lists. Volunteers are visiting households to cross-check names and gather demographic insights.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">The exercise is aimed at identifying which pockets of the city remain strongholds for the Shinde-led Sena and which areas require renewed effort. Once this internal report is compiled, divisional and branch heads will be tasked with creating a \u201cpositive environment&#8221; in weaker zones through intensified outreach and communication campaigns.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">For the Shinde Sena, Mumbai\u2019s civic body election is not just another contest\u2014it\u2019s a prestige battle to reclaim the political and emotional turf once dominated by the undivided Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray. The unfolding micro-level mobilisation shows that the fight for control of India\u2019s richest municipal corporation has already begun, ward by ward, lane by lane.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mayuresh Ganapatye\" title=\"Mayuresh Ganapatye\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-07-at-15.42.58-2025-08-ac8acdf6efa9a600b33e598461d25285.jpeg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/mayuresh-ganapatye-25237.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Mayuresh Ganapatye<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayuresh Ganapatye, News Editor at News18.com, writes on politics and civic issues, as well as human interests stories. He has been covering Maharashtra and Goa for more than a decade. Follow him at @mayuganapa&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mayuresh Ganapatye, News Editor at News18.com, writes on politics and civic issues, as well as human interests stories. He has been covering Maharashtra and Goa for more than a decade. 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