BMC polls: Mahayuti eyes Mumbai but Pune flashpoint; Thackeray reunion shakes MVA

Maharashtra’s long-pending civic body elections are finally scheduled for January 15, with results on January 16. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls are seen as a key political mood test, pitting the ruling Mahayuti alliance against a fractured opposition. Control of the BMC, Asia’s wealthiest civic corporation, holds immense political and economic significance.