Ahead of Maharashtra’s BMC polls, Minister Nitish Rane said, “You will see mayors seated who chant 'Jai Shri Ram'." He added, "This is not anyone's ancestral Pakistan where someone wearing a burqa will become mayor." Rane further asserted, "Across the entire municipal corporation, you will see only mayors who say ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ That is why we are going everywhere."