The BVA is controlled by Vasai MLA Hitendra Thakur, brother of alleged gangster Bhai Thakur. The BVA won three seats in the 2014 assembly elections and controls the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. The BVA has provided outside support to the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra.
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