Maha Dy CM Ajit Pawar highlights key issues, reason for Mahayuti alliance ahead of BMC elections
Jan 13, 2026
On local body elections in Maharashtra, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said, "Since I've been in politics, in all the elections we've fought since 1999, we had an alliance with the Congress. We were working together in the Lok Sabha, in Parliament, and fighting elections together. We were fighting on our respective symbols. The same thing happened in the Assembly elections. But in local body elections, to support and empower our respective party workers, we always fought against each other. The same thing happened with the BJP and Shiv Sena. In the last 2017 elections in Mumbai and Thane; they were fighting against each other. So, there's no need to think that something very different is happening here..."
