As MD of MMRC, she was at the forefront of implementing the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Mumbai Metro 3 project. Promoted earlier this month as principal secretary, Bhide’s transfer was a matter of time as Aaditya Thackeray, state environment minister and son of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, had publicly demanded her removal. That was around the time the government formation in the state was still in a limbo and the Maha Vikas Aghadi government had not yet been formed. Prospects of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Devendra Fadnavis returning as chief minister of the state still loomed.