{"id":7889,"date":"2025-08-25T15:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/parties-that-lost-ground-are-new-mumbai-bjp-chief-takes-salvo-at-thackeray-brothers-mumbai-news-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:24:32","slug":"parties-that-lost-ground-are-new-mumbai-bjp-chief-takes-salvo-at-thackeray-brothers-mumbai-news-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/parties-that-lost-ground-are-new-mumbai-bjp-chief-takes-salvo-at-thackeray-brothers-mumbai-news-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Parties That Lost Ground Are&#8230;&#8217;: New Mumbai BJP Chief Takes Salvo At Thackeray\u00a0Brothers | Mumbai-news News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9527592\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-3cea4b2331e41d4a\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-3cea4b2331e41d4a\">August 25, 2025, 20:34 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9527592\" class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-2207360818 asubttl-schema\">Ameet Satam, the BJP MLA from Andheri (West), was appointed as the president of its Mumbai unit ahead of the crucial BMC elections on Monday.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c artsharwrp\">\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c flwonstk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"margin:0 12px 0 0\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/gogole-serarch-btn.svg\" alt=\"Click to add News18 as a preferred source on Google\" title=\"Click to add News18 as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"94px\" height=\"30px\" style=\"vertical-align:top\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-2207360818 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mumbai BJP Chief Ameet Satam with Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis. (BJP Mumbai)\" title=\"Mumbai BJP Chief Ameet Satam with Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis. (BJP Mumbai)\" 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-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-2207360818\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai BJP Chief Ameet Satam with Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis. (BJP Mumbai)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Ameet Satam, the newly-appointed Mumbai BJP president, took a shot at the Thackeray brothers for trying to change the city\u2019s identity, asserting that Mumbaikars were fully aware of how the Centre and the current state government had worked for the development of the city.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">Satam, the BJP MLA from Andheri (West), was appointed as the president of its Mumbai unit ahead of the crucial Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls on Monday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanavis said that the BJP will reclaim power in the BMC under Satam\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">The decision was taken at a meeting in Mumbai and was announced by Maharashtra BJP Chief Ravindra Chavan in a press conference, where Fadnavis and State Cabinet Minister and former Mumbai BJP President Ashish Shelar were also present.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u2018Some Parties That Have Lost Ground\u2026\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Addressing a press conference, Satam said he would give importance to Mumbaikars\u2019 safety, especially in light of \u201cattempts to change the city\u2019s identity&#8221;. He said the recent unity between Uddhav and Raj Thackeray was not important, as Mumbaikars knew who had delivered in the last 11 years.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">\u201cPeople coming together is not important. Mumbaikars have seen who has worked for them, how the Centre has pumped in money and worked on policies for the city. Development is more important,&#8221; he was quoted as saying by <em>NDTV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">The 49-year-old BJP MLA also accused the BMC of offering \u201cvisionless and non-transparent governance&#8221; between 1997 and 2022 and promised \u201crevolutionary changes&#8221; in the city.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">He also stressed that safety was a top priority in Mumbai. \u201cSome parties that have lost ground are trying to change the face and colour of the city by taking the help of anti-national elements. We will thwart every such attempt and protect Mumbai,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">He also refuted rumours of any discontent within the ruling Mahayuti alliance. \u201cThere are no issues in the Mahayuti. We work in tandem with excellent cooperation. These are perceived problems created by the opposition,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">This came after Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut pointed to Ashish Shelar\u2019s exit as Mumbai BJP chief as a sign of an internal rift within the alliance. Shelar hit back at his remarks, calling on Raut to \u201clook at the confusion within the MVA&#8221;.<\/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=\"authorimg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2024\/11\/aveek-banerjee-2024-11-940460633d45861efbabed5737a433a0.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\/aveek-banerjee-28106.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Aveek Banerjee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master&#8217;s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. 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