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The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) [NCP(SP)] forging an confederation with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP for the Pune Municipal Corporation polls would beryllium akin to joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut said connected Thursday (December 18, 2025).
Talking to reporters, Mr. Raut said helium volition conscionable NCP(SP) president Sharad Pawar and clasp discussions connected assorted issues, including immoderate knowing betwixt the 2 rival factions for the Pune civic assemblage polls.
“Having an confederation with Ajit Pawar would beryllium akin to joining hands with the BJP. Ajit Pawar is an cause of the BJP, and immoderate motortruck with him volition mean strengthening the BJP,” Mr. Raut said successful effect to a question. The NCP and NCP(SP) person held talks astir joining hands for the Pune Municipal Corporation elections.
Earlier this week, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said the BJP and the NCP won’t person an confederation successful Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations, and determination volition beryllium a affable combat betwixt the 2 Mahayuti allies.
Besides the BJP and the NCP, the ruling Mahayuti besides has the Shiv Sena, led by Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, arsenic a constituent.
Mr. Raut said Mr. Pawar is affirmative astir Uddhav Thackeray’s Sena (UBT) and the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena coming unneurotic for the civic assemblage polls. He said the NCP(SP) volition state with the Sena (UBT) and MNS successful Nashik and Thane.
Mr. Raut further claimed that Shiv Sena’s “budget” for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls was astir ₹10,000 crore and that the enactment would springiness ₹10 crore to each candidate, but did not supply immoderate details to backmost the claim.
Elections to the 29 municipal corporations successful the State volition instrumentality spot connected January 15, 2026 and the counting volition beryllium held a time later.
