Maharashtra Congress on Monday said that the party's local units want to fight the upcoming local body polls independently, but the party has yet not take the final call.

“These are local body elections, and we have asked local units to make decisions on the alliance. However, indeed, our Mumbai Congress unit and even other units in the state have opined that the election should be contested independently. We respect their opinion. However, no final decision has been taken yet,” said Ramesh Chennithala, Maharashtra Congress in-charge from the All India Congress committee (AICC).

To a question about the fate of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which had contested together the Lok Sabha and assembly elections, Chennithala replied, “Local polls are about local equations and local units.”

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