Leaders bet on ‘parivarvad’ for winning civic elections

Be it Narwekar (Colaba), Shaikh (Malad) or Malik (Kurla), influential leaders not wanting to lose an inch to rivals, prefer to keep the power within the family

MUMBAI, NAVI MUMBAI, THANE:

Leaders bet on ‘parivarvad’ for winning civic elections

Political dynasties are here to stay – this is clear from the list of candidates in the fray from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for the forthcoming civic polls.

While relatives of established politicians have got tickets from almost all prominent political parties, three families stand out in Mumbai. Three relatives of Rahul Narwekar, BJP MLA from Colaba, and speaker of Maharashtra assembly, are in the fray. Likewise, members of Congress MLA from Malad, Aslam Shaikh’s