Kangana Ranaut reacts to Uddhav Thackeray losing BMC polls: 'Those who demolised my house, threatened me to leave...'

BJP MP Kangana Ranaut

• Kangana Ranaut congratulates BJP on historic BMC election win in Mumbai
• BJP takes control of BMC, ending decades of Shiv Sena dominance
• Ranaut calls BJP victory personal after BMC demolished her office in 2020

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Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Friday congratulated her party leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, after the historic win in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, India’s richest civic body.

The result is personally significant for Ranaut, as the BMC had demolished an office attached to her Mumbai bungalow in 2020 when the undivided Shiv Sena ran the civic body. The Bombay High Court later described the action as “nothing but malice in law.”

"I am absolutely thrilled with the BJP's landslide victory in the Maharashtra BMC election. I congratulate Prime Minister Narendera Modi ji, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ji, and the entire BJP family of Maharashtra for this incredible saffron sweep all the way," Ranaut told NDTV, adding that it was a big win.

Speaking about the BMC action against her office, Ranaut said, "And for those who abused me, demolished my house, called me names, threatened me to leave Maharashtra, today Maharashtra has left them."

"I am glad such women-haters, bullies, and nepotism mafia are being shown their right place by the janta janardan," she added.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which has an annual budget exceeding Rs 74,400 crore, is central to Mumbai’s infrastructure, public health and civic governance, making control of the body highly consequential.

The outcome signals a dramatic political realignment, with the BJP -- earlier a junior ally under the undivided Shiv Sena -- now taking centre stage, backed by the Shinde faction that broke away from the Sena in 2022. The undivided Shiv Sena had dominated the 227-member BMC since the late 1990s.

In the previous elections in 2017, the undivided Shiv Sena had emerged as the single largest party with 84 seats, followed closely by the BJP which won 82 seats. The Congress had won 31 seats, the NCP (undivided) nine, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) seven, and the Samajwadi Party six.