{"id":26172,"date":"2025-12-09T21:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/mahayuti-set-to-fight-maharashtra-civic-polls-together-fadnavis-shinde-hold-key-meet-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:03:08","slug":"mahayuti-set-to-fight-maharashtra-civic-polls-together-fadnavis-shinde-hold-key-meet-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/mahayuti-set-to-fight-maharashtra-civic-polls-together-fadnavis-shinde-hold-key-meet-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahayuti Set To Fight Maharashtra Civic Polls Together, Fadnavis-Shinde Hold Key Meet | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9757899\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-3759419209\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-3759419209\">December 09, 2025, 08:41 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9757899\" class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2931237689 asubttl-schema\">The ruling Mahayuti alliance will contest the upcoming municipal elections across the state, including Mumbai and Thane, together.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2931237689\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2931237689 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde. (PTI file photo)\" title=\"Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde. (PTI file photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2931237689\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde. (PTI file photo)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a one-and-a-half-hour closed-door meeting on Monday, where it was decided that the ruling Mahayuti alliance will contest the upcoming municipal elections across the state, including Mumbai and Thane, together.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">State BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule and senior Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Chavan were also present in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Shiv Sena\u2019s official release reported that there was positive discussion between leaders of both parties on fighting the civic polls unitedly as Mahayuti.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">In the next two to three days, local-level discussions will begin to finalise seat-sharing and other details. It has also been agreed that office-bearers and workers from the BJP and Shiv Sena will not be allowed to switch to each other\u2019s parties.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">The Maharashtra local body elections is set to be contested between two major alliances, the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">The Mahayuti (Ruling Coalition) alliance is in power at the state level and comprises of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (Ajit Pawar faction).<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">The main opposition alliance (Maha Vikas Aghadi) comprises the Indian National Congress (INC), Shiv Sena (UBT) (Uddhav Thackeray faction), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (Sharad Pawar faction, or NCP-SP), and other contesting parties.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><em>(With agency inputs)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-ff4fe2ed9527ebb3 midgprfd\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ff4fe2ed9527ebb3 midgprfdbtn\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/google-color.svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" alt=\"\" class=\"jsx-ff4fe2ed9527ebb3\"\/><span class=\"jsx-ff4fe2ed9527ebb3\">Click here to add News18 as your preferred news source on Google. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2931237689 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>December 09, 2025, 08:41 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2931237689 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/\">politics<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> Mahayuti Set To Fight Maharashtra Civic Polls Together, Fadnavis-Shinde Hold Key Meet<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde. 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