While grappling with differences within the Mahayuti in Maharashtra, the ruling coalition’s lead player BJP seems to have got an advantage ahead of the local body polls in the wake of rising tensions in the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) camp.

Brushing aside its MVA allies’ call for displaying unity for these elections, the Congress has decided to go alone in the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.

Speaking to The Indian Express , the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Maharashtra, Ramesh Chennithala, said, “The Mumbai Congress wanted to contest the BMC polls independently. We have given them the permission to do so. We did compromise during the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections (by sharing Mumbai seats with the MVA allies) and now our l

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