Overview
- At a joint press conference in Mumbai, Raj Thackeray announced the alliance and pledged that the city’s next mayor would be a Marathi leader from their front.
- Uddhav Thackeray said seat-sharing for Mumbai, Nashik and other corporations has been finalised, though ward-level details were not released.
- Media reports citing unnamed sources suggested a proposed BMC split of about 145–150 seats for Sena (UBT), 65–70 for MNS and 10–12 for NCP (SP), which remains unconfirmed.
- BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde dismissed the reunion as a bid for political survival, with Fadnavis mocking the hype as akin to a Russia–Ukraine reconciliation.
- Voting is on January 15 with results on January 16, as Congress prepares to contest Mumbai on its own and local alignments continue to shift, including reports of evolving tie-ups in Pune.