Pune, Jan. 16 -- While the vote counting continues for a total of 29 Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra on Friday, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murlidhar Mohol expressed confidence in the party winning a comfortable majority in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

"In the early trends, it is clear that BJP is winning with a full mandate. I had faith that Pune always thinks of development before voting, which is why the BJP is coming to power with a full majority," he said.

According to the latest trends vote counting for PMC polls, the BJP is leading in 49 out of 165 seats, while the NCP-NCP alliance is leading in only 6. The Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance is on third place with a lead on only 4 seat...