Overview
- Congress leader Mohan Joshi said the party’s core committee approved negotiating with Shiv Sena (UBT) for Pune and confirmed that seat-sharing discussions have begun.
- Congress has formally proposed an alliance to Shiv Sena (UBT) and the two sides scheduled ward-level seat talks for Friday, according to Aaj Tak.
- UBT has already held conversations with Raj Thackeray’s MNS, and a three-party front is being discussed as a possibility rather than a concluded deal.
- Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar’s NCP factions plan to fight the Pune Municipal Corporation polls together, reshaping the previous MVA alignment.
- BJP is contesting municipal races with Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena while sidelining Ajit Pawar locally, as UBT enters talks without any sitting corporators in Pune after defections.