India, Jan. 26 -- Mumbai's mayoral election could be delayed as the ruling parties, the BJP and Shiv Sena, are yet to register their corporators with the Konkan divisional commissioner, a mandatory process after the civic election.

According to political insiders, the delay is due to power-sharing discussions that are still underway between the two alliance partners, regarding their relative representation on important civic committees in the BMC.

"As of now, corporators of the leading political parties have not yet registered since their victory. Due to this, we are unable to take the process forward," Manjiri Deshpande, municipal secretary of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) told HT.

"Once they register, we can officially...