BATTLE ZONE MUMBAI
The cold war between the BJP and Shiv Sena is likely to escalate as elections near for the 15 major municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including Mumbai. The friends-turned-foes are busy scoring points against each other at a time when the state still faces a crisis on the Covid-19 pandemic front.
The ruling Shiv Sena fired the first salvo when the Maharashtra police arrested Narayan Rane, the Union minister for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), on August 24 in Ratnagiri for allegedly making derogatory remarks against chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. The district judge in Raigad sent him to
