<p>In what would intensify the Shiv Sena vs Shiv Sena (UBT) fight, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished a Shiv shakha (branch) of the Uddhav Thackeray-led party on Thursday in the afternoon, describing it as "illegal". </p>.<p>The shakha was situated in Bandra East's Nirmal Nagar neighbourhood. </p>.<p>This is a walking distance away from Matoshree, the Bandra bungalow of the Thackerays. </p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/shinde-would-have-shot-himself-if-the-uprising-failed-says-shiv-sena-leader-deepak-kesarkar-1229810.html" target="_blank">Shinde would have shot himself if the uprising failed, says Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar</a></strong></p>.<p>The move comes days after Thackeray announced a maha morcha on July 1 outside the BMC headquarters. </p>.<p>This announcement followed after the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government decided to form an SIT to probe into the alleged irregularities in the BMC during the tenure when Thackeray was the Chief Minister.</p>.<p>Notably, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in a special audit report has found alleged irregularities. On the other hand, the Enforcement Directorate is continuing its investigation into the alleged money laundering vis-a-vis Covid jumbo field hospitals.</p>.<p>Since the BMC does not have a general body now, it comes under the control of Shinde, who also holds the Urban development portfolio.</p>.<p>The five-year term of the BMC’s 227-member general body - elected in 2017 ended on March 7, 2022. The elections are due for more than a year, however, in between the Shiv Sena vertically split in June 2022. The BMC is being run by Municipal Commissioner Dr Iqbal Singh Chahal, who was appointed the Administrator.</p>
<p>In what would intensify the Shiv Sena vs Shiv Sena (UBT) fight, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished a Shiv shakha (branch) of the Uddhav Thackeray-led party on Thursday in the afternoon, describing it as "illegal". </p>.<p>The shakha was situated in Bandra East's Nirmal Nagar neighbourhood. </p>.<p>This is a walking distance away from Matoshree, the Bandra bungalow of the Thackerays. </p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/shinde-would-have-shot-himself-if-the-uprising-failed-says-shiv-sena-leader-deepak-kesarkar-1229810.html" target="_blank">Shinde would have shot himself if the uprising failed, says Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar</a></strong></p>.<p>The move comes days after Thackeray announced a maha morcha on July 1 outside the BMC headquarters. </p>.<p>This announcement followed after the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government decided to form an SIT to probe into the alleged irregularities in the BMC during the tenure when Thackeray was the Chief Minister.</p>.<p>Notably, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in a special audit report has found alleged irregularities. On the other hand, the Enforcement Directorate is continuing its investigation into the alleged money laundering vis-a-vis Covid jumbo field hospitals.</p>.<p>Since the BMC does not have a general body now, it comes under the control of Shinde, who also holds the Urban development portfolio.</p>.<p>The five-year term of the BMC’s 227-member general body - elected in 2017 ended on March 7, 2022. The elections are due for more than a year, however, in between the Shiv Sena vertically split in June 2022. The BMC is being run by Municipal Commissioner Dr Iqbal Singh Chahal, who was appointed the Administrator.</p>