Mumbai: Shiv Sena, with its 29 corporators, and both NCP factions, with their four corporators in total, registered themselves as one group in BMC on Tuesday, a day before the mayoral polls. NCP won three seats in the BMC polls. NCP (SP)’s lone winner, Ajit Raorane, had earlier extended support to Sena.Registering as one bloc entitles it to one additional nominated corporator and an extra seat in the standing committee. As a result, Shiv Sena (UBT)’s strength in the standing committee will be reduced to seven members from eight. AIMIM, which was in line for a nominated member, will now miss out. Ten corporators are to be nominated, with BJP getting the highest share since it won the most seats (89). Civic sources said the new bloc’s formation will not affect BJP’s representation in any of the statutory panels, nor the number of corporators it will be able to nominate. TNN
