BMC Elections : The Thackeray ‘Collab’ and Gen-Z’s ‘Exit Poll’!

Aryan and Shanaya are sitting in a luxurious café in Mumbai. A Breaking News alert flashes on Aryan’s iPhone… “Mega-Merger of the Thackeray Brothers to Save Mumbai!” Aryan: (eyes wide) Yo Shanaya, check this out! Are the Thackeray brothers back in ‘patch-up mode’ again? The TV hype looks like the grand finale of Splitsvilla! Shanaya: (scrolling reels) Oh please, Aryan! This feels totally like the Kardashian family. Every election, they launch a new season. It’s so ‘mediocre’! I mean, just yesterday they were roasting each other, and today suddenly they remember the ‘bro code’? Aryan: Maybe, but this time it’s about the BMC. Basically Asia’s biggest ‘piggy bank’! Now both are saying ‘Marathi identity’ is under threat. Honestly, it feels like a remake of some old flop movie, right? Shanaya: I guess it’s time to retire these ‘nepo-babies’. Mumbai doesn’t need heirs anymore—it needs a visionary executor who actually delivers. These two look like retired stars making a ‘fusion’ film together: same old taste, just new marketing. Aryan: And did you see that ‘battle for existence’ banner? It feels less about common people and more about protecting their ‘family business’ valuation. It’s so ‘cringe’, Shanaya! Is Mumbai their private property to negotiate and divide? Shanaya: Exactly! Like actors shouting dramatically before the curtain falls. But the theory is simple—their existence is at stake, not ours. They just want the ‘key’ that opens the BMC treasury. Aryan: And this ‘collab’ isn’t just about the seniors—it includes their heirs too: Aaditya and Amit! Feels like an A-list nepo-baby movie. Family legacy on both sides, but zero original content. Shanaya: Oh God, Aaditya! Always talking about climate change and sustainable development, as if we live in London. But when Mumbai turns into a ‘submarine’ every monsoon, where does that vision go? They controlled the BMC for years—what solid policy did they create then? Aryan: Facts! And Amit Thackeray? Says he’ll solve ‘youth issues’. Which issues exactly? His own career engine is still standing on the platform—how will he put Mumbai’s future on track? Looking at these two nepo-leaders, it feels like there’s no solid vision at all—just playing a simulation game using their fathers’ legacy. Shanaya: Totally! Have you ever seen concrete solutions from them on Mumbai’s real problems? Traffic, public transport, housing—only emotional speeches. It’s so surface-level. Instagram-friendly aesthetics, but the ground-level vision is completely blurred. Aryan: Exactly! They think getting the key to the BMC treasury means ‘leveling up’. But Mumbaikars don’t want heritage nostalgia anymore—they want real smart-city work. All they’ve done is politics of obstruction—opposing metros, blocking projects. Is that a vision? Stalling others’ work isn’t development. Shanaya: Totally cringe! They’re like startup founders with plenty of funding (their father’s name) but a totally failed product (vision). They think Mumbai is a PlayStation—press restart and everything resets. But people are smarter now. We don’t want heirs—we want ground-breakers who understand street-level problems. Aryan: Truth bomb! They’ve come together only to increase their ‘family business’ valuation. This alliance has no development roadmap—only a blueprint to protect feudal power. Let’s go, or my brain will hang listening to their vision talk! Shanaya: Crazy! Let’s pay the bill. And yeah—let’s split it… we don’t want a ‘Thackeray-style alliance’… otherwise they’ll eat and Mumbaikars will pay the bill. BMC is not a family business #notafamilybusiness