Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai

Mumbai, Nov 11: The BJP’s move to appoint Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik as the election in-charge of seven organisational districts in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) — including Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s stronghold Thane — has turned the spotlight back on one of Navi Mumbai’s most seasoned and assertive political leaders.

A veteran of Maharashtra politics, Naik’s new role is being viewed as a potential flashpoint between the BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) ahead of the local body elections. His decades-old rivalry with Shinde, rooted in the power politics of Thane and Navi Mumbai, adds a charged dimension to the BJP’s internal equations in the region.

Born in Bonkode, a small village that urbanised with the rise of the TT

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