BJP is all set to get a clear majority in BMC elections: Ashish Shelar

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With India’s richest municipal corporation, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), elections round the corner, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the Maharashtra Assembly Ashish Shelar talks to The Hindu about its estranged relationship with the Shiv Sena and why it needs a reality check. He is confident of the BJP getting a clear majority this time and says the Sena has shown its defeat in the civic body polls by adding nine new wards. Excerpts:

You are appointed the head of the election management committee, how would you describe your role and responsibilities