The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance delivered a sweeping verdict in the Maharashtra civic polls on Friday, tightening its grip across the state’s urban centres and dealing a major blow to rival formations, including the reunited Thackeray cousins, the Congress, and the Pawars. Trends and results from the 29 municipal corporations showed the ruling alliance ahead in a majority of civic bodies, with a decisive edge in Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and several other key cities.
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The elections, held after a long gap of several years, were widely seen as a test of political realignments following the split in the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), as well as a referendum on the BJP-led “double-engine” government at the Centre and in Maharashtra.
MAHAYUTI’S STATEWIDE EDGE
According to the latest consolidated tally from across Maharashtra, the BJP emer
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