The BJP and its Mahayuti allies have won 68 seats unopposed in the Maharashtra civic polls scheduled for January 15, even as the Opposition parties alleged the ruling combine used threats and money to force candidates to withdraw from the fray.
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday said he has conveyed to the party high command about recent political moves of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party to allegedly weaken the Congress in the state.
The dead include 18 children in the age group of two to 15, including three toddlers, an official said.
A two-storey building collapsed in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra on early Sunday morning.
The kin of the deceased created a ruckus at the entrance of the hospital alleging that the shortage of oxygen killed the four patients
The fire broke out at around 7.30 am in the godown and spread in other rooms on the ground floor, he said.
Two civic officials have been suspended in connection with the collapse and an offence has been registered against the building owner, an official said.
Among the deceased were a woman and her four sons.
The number of those rescued has gone up to 25, with five more persons being pulled alive out from the debris since Monday night, police said. The dead include 11 children, aged between two to 15 years, an official said.
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