Mumbai, Nov 19 (PTI) Days after the Congress announced to fight the upcoming Mumbai civic body elections alone, the party's Mumbai unit chief Varsha Gaikwad and other leaders on Wednesday called on NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar to discuss a tie-up with its "natural ally".

The Congress said it wants to fight the Mumbai municipal elections with "like-minded parties" and that a decision about the tie-up will be made soon.

The grand old party, however, does not appear to favour the idea of joining hands with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) led by Raj Thackeray, with Gaikwad saying it cannot tie up with those who take law into their hands or indulge in intimidation.

Elections to the municipal corporations in the state, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), are expect

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