Mumbai, Dec. 28 -- The Congress and the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on Sunday decided to join hands for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.

In Mumbai, the VBA will contest 62 seats.

Regarding alliances in the other 28 municipal corporations across the state, positive decisions will be taken at the local level, for which both parties have granted authority to their local leadership.

The decision to form an alliance was taken on the Congress party's Foundation Day, which holds special significance. The alliance was formally announced at the Congress headquarters, Tilak Bhavan, by Maharashtra Congress President Harshvardhan Sapkal and VBA's State Vice President Dhairyavardhan Pundkar.

At the pres...