India, Jan. 20 -- Even as the numbers point towards a comfortable majority for the Mahayuti Alliance in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has asserted that the contest for the Mumbai Mayor's chair is far from settled.

In the elections to India's richest municipal body, which has an annual budget of over 74,000 crore, the BJP emerged as the single largest party with 89 wards, while its ally, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, secured 29 seats. Together, the Mahayuti alliance reached 118 corporators, comfortably crossing the majority mark of 114 in the 227-member civic body.

However, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) finished a strong second with 65 wards, and Sanjay Raut claimed that with the...