India, Jan. 7 -- As the Maharashtra civic body polls near, all key parties in fray are working to finalise their alliances before the big day. Amid all the alliances formed, latest reports claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC) are working to join hands for the Ambernath Municipal Council polls.

With this contest, the two rival parties were expected to come together to contest against Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena in the upcoming Maharashtra civic polls. While an official statement is awaited from Congress, BJP leadership have had a strong reaction to the news.

The civic polls had already stirred a few controversies, with Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) joining hands with Sharad Pawa...