Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said that if God is willing, his party will install its mayor in Mumbai, news agency PTI reported. His remarks came during an interaction with Shiv Sena (UBT) workers a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena alliance wrested control of the Mumbai civic body from the Thackerays in the high-stakes polls.

He alleged that the BJP wants to mortgage Mumbai and accused the party of winning the elections through betrayal, asserting that the Marathi manoos would never forgive this “sin”.